Goosepoop302

well my car has now been sitting inmy driveway for about 3 months or slightly over. it has a full tnak of gas and the batterie is still good. when i try to start it it begins ot turn over but will not fully start. i personally belive it is the fuel system but i cant say for sure. after flipping the fuel pump on and off a few times i checked the schrader (i think?) valve that is on the fuel rails and the first time nothing came out at all. did it about 10 more times and i got a slight dribble of gas out. any ideas??? ide like to figure this out asap so i cna get my clutch going

PRO50SC

Well, bad pump or clogged filter? Can you hear the pump?

Goosepoop302

yeah its got a 255 pump and i cna hear it turn on, thing has always been loud haha. i replaced the filter wiht the pump but i havnt checked it. how long doesthat normally take ot go bad?

PRO50SC

A long time. You need to check f/p if the gas is barely dribbling out the schreader

Goosepoop302

is there anyway to do this without the car needing to be on and running or wihtout dropping the tank??? i know i cna get a pressure gauge from auto stores but i thought the car had to idle for that

PRO50SC

No, connect it to the schreader, hit the key. It should register.

Goosepoop302

alright well do you think thats my best bet??? i will try this first but if you have any other ideas let me know

Sick5.0LX

My guess would be fuel pump as well...

Goosepoop302

well after doing a little tinkering im starting to think that maybe i have no spart at all comming from the distributor. someone wana tell me a good way to check this short of shocking myself?

Wisconsin 5.0

Pull a plug wire off....have someone crank the engine over....put the end of the plug wire near to a ground...see if a spark jumps...