New fuel pump & filter car won't start pls someone help !!!

[e30wavee]

Someone help I'm going crazy trying to Figure this out. 1990 325i i installed new fuel pump with a new fuel filter,new plugs & the timing belt was done 30k ago.fuel relay are in working order. I loosen the hose to the fuel pressure regulator seem to be no fuel. Sprayed some starter fluid car started just for a few seconds.no fuel pressure what could cause this ?? Pumps working perfectly fine. Veteran rev's any suggestions

[3vilE30]

Did you make sure the arrow on the fuel filter was hooked up to the line going toward the engine?

[Bullhead]

^ This
You will get no go juice if it's backwards, and if you did a universal pump make sure it's not wired in reverse because the pump will try to run in reverse as well.

[Daeldalus]

I had a problem last year where a brand new pump would not work.
i could take a look and then it would work for a few weeks then mess up again

ended up being a bad fuel pump plug. some dielectric grease and a zip tie to hold it
together ended up fixing the problem.

moral of the story is that those plugs are fragile and break all the time especially
when putting in a new pump.

[e30wavee]

Fuel filter is installed correct arrow is connected to the line going to the engine and I checked fuel pump plugs they plugged up snug tight clean them up a bit.One other thing I also checked was I unplugged the lines on the fuel rail and regulator cracked the motor no fuel?? Idk what's going on

[E30NJ]

I'd check if you have the pump lines running the correct way, also are you getting pressure to the fuel rail?

[e30wavee]

No pressure at all, but there's two pumps underneath the back seat I changed the one on the right hand side of the car,but I also check the voltage for the pump on the left side and result were well I still deciding on changing this pump also this is really becoming a nightmare.

[Bullhead]

Your main pump is the one on the rear firewall that's not in the tank. The pump in the tank is just a "lift" pump.