I have a 1999 Olds Alero GLS fully loaded with the 3.4. It has about
115k on it, and I have run into a no start issue. I was driving home
from work one day when all of a sudden it just died. Luckily I was by
my brothers house and pushed it into his driveway. Well after towing
it home with my Toyota 4Runner, and diagnosing it I thought it was the
fuel pump. I hooked a fuel pressure gauge up to the schrader valve and
was recording 0 fuel pressure. I checked the relay which was good.
Well after replacing the fuel pump (which was fun) and the fuel filter
the car will still not run and I am still getting 0 pressure at the
gauge. Does anybody have any suggestions? I am getting spark just no
fuel.

Thanks in advance

 

I wouldn''t think anything could get stuck in one of the lines but you could pull the lines from the fuel rails and blow compressed air throw the lines.


Can you hear the fuel pump turn on when you turn the key on? You should be able to hear it without turning the car on, just the on position.

 

Nope nothing. The fuel pump is NOT running.

 

Then you either need to check the fuses, or you have a wiring problem.


It is possible you also have an ignition switch problem. Do the dash lights come on when you turn the key?

 

I would say somthing came unpluged or a wire got damaged somewhere.

 

I did take the air filter out and shoot short bursts of starting fluid into the plenum and the car will run as long as you keep spraying starting fluid in it.

 

Is the service engine light on?

 

Nope

 

My guess is that your gonna have to drop the tank again to take a look at whats going on.

 

Well I am not sure exactly what that will do. Something is not turning the fuel pump on. I doubt that I got sold a faulty fuel pump.