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Still won't start and I'm about to give up 700 1988

posted by MrGromit on Tue Mar 23 14:10 CST 2010
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The story: My wife drove her 760 to work several months ago without issue, but at the end of the day the car wouldn't start. I drove to her work and tried to get it started, but couldn't.

It turned over but wouldn't start, which means either fuel or spark, right? I get spark at the plugs but the plugs looked dry. After trying for quite a while I sniffed the exhaust and didn't smell any gas, so I assumed fuel.

I checked the relay (and resoldered it per directions from the FAQ, thankyouverymuch!) and it works fine (I watched it with the cap off).

I couldn't hear either fuel pump hum, so I figured I discovered the problem, and after reading the FAQ that one pump wasn't designed to work without the other, I assumed the one was dead and it overworked the other, so I replaced both of them.

Still no workie.

I scoured the FAQ again and think it might be the fuel pressure regulator? But the FAQ states to check the pressure and I don't have the valves to check the pressure.

Help? And if I can't get suggestions, can someone loan me a shotgun to put it out of its misery?

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