My 1990 eagle talon turbo awd stalled when I was driving and won't start again. Any ideas?

Question

my car is a 90 eagle talon turbo awd. I was driving as usual one day, then suddenly it died. It won't start again. I had it towed home. The engine still turns over and it still cranks. The check engine light came on. My mechanic suspects it's the fuel pump is faulty, as the engine is not getting any fuel in. There is spark going, so that couldn't be any problem with the spark plugs or ignition. What gives? I hope mitsugirl can answer this one and shed some light on my problem. Winter's here now, and I want to have my awd car going before the snow kicks in!!

Answer 1

A real simple check for fuel would be to spray a small amount of starting fluid into the intake. Try to start. If it starts, then you have a fuel delivery problem. My first step would be to see if the ECU stored a fault. Then take it from there. If you can't find any way to check the ECU for faults and are in the southeastern MI area, let me know.

Answer 2

A couple of things to check:

1. Any blown fuses? Some key parts in the engine are protected by fuses, and if the fuse blows, the car won't run. But you'll also need to figure out what made the fuse blow.

2. If the fuel pump is bad, a fuel pressure check is going to be easy for your mechanic to run and prove your fuel pump is bad.

Answer 3

Take the ECU out and remove the cover. Check the capacitors for leakage. The circuit board usually gets fried from the capacitors leaking. It happens a lot. I take it you have the basics covered and the timing belt isn't broken, fuel pump works, got spark etc.

Answer 4

1- check for fuel injector signal non ching fuel pump relay. 2-check for cump sensor non ching at. 3- check for fule pressure should decrease 35 to 40. gd lk

Answer 5

check the crank sensor. car wont start if there is no signal from the crank sensor and the fuel pump wont turn on either.