89 325is new head gasket, wont start

[shay91]

few suggestions.... I got a thread with some what of similar issues.

Check the for fuel. Check for fuel pump power via #11 fuse. Try cranking with starter fluid. If it won't sustain itself then yes you might have some fuel pump trouble. Double check injectors. Make sure they're connected. Check and make sure the hose is hooked up under the throttle body. IDK just throwing things out there.

List what you've tried and we can help from there.

**Also try putting the key to the "on" position and press the gas pedal 5 times and watch the "Check" engine light to see if it blinks a sequence of numbers. It'll be 4 numbers per code. ex. 1-2-1-5 which is 1 blink pause, 2 blinks pause, etc. Good luck friend.

[Krueger]

I checked spark, i have that, i removed hosefrom fuel rail(with all spark plugs and coil wires off) no fuel coming through

[shay91]

that #11 fuse is blown probably. Your pump isn't pumping.

[Krueger]

I took back seat out and can hear the pump so i dis connected the fuel line at the pump and nothing came out even though the pump was running

[Devil Inc]

You could always jump the terminals on the fuel pump relay and see if it starts. Is there an ample amount of fuel in the tank?

[billybobjoseph]

I had this problem once. 50 amp fusible link blew on smaller of two power cables about a foot away from the battery. Crank and spark but no fuel.

[Krueger]

I had this problem once. 50 amp fusible link blew on smaller of two power cables about a foot away from the battery. Crank and spark but no fuel.

The pump woild stil run but not send fuel with this issue?

[Krueger]

Plenty of fuel

[Krueger]

If it is the pump could i put an aftermarket pump in with no modifiication? If so which ones work?

[shay91]

Go back to the backseat where the pump is (passenger side). Pull off the hose thats connected to the pump and turn the key "on". Be sure to use a container to catch the fuel with should it spurt out. That'll tell you right then if it's pumping. And yes you can buy an aftermarket fuel pump I spent $60 or so on one from eBay and it's working great with no issues.

[billybobjoseph]

No, the pump didn't work but everything else did. I answered it at the bottom of the first page without realizing there was a second page. Sorry, I'm a noob here.

[billybobjoseph]

So if the pump works but no fuel comes out the fuel line from the top of the pump maybe the little fuel line from the pump to the top of the pump bracket is not connected or has a hole in it. I would pull the pump and check. Might as well bench test the pump too. I use two buckets. Put fuel into one and stick the pump in it with a piece of extra fuel line running from it to the other bucket. Jump it with a fused jumper from a battery positive and ground it to the battery with another jumper, dont run it dry if it does work can screw up the pump.