Vendor Defendor
Out the window
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- Nov 25, 2002
Hello all,
I've been out of the Buick game a very long time, and for some reason or another I'm back (temporarily or permantly? I haven't figured out yet).
Anyways, I have a '87 Buick GN sitting in my drive way that has been sitting for a couple years now. Right now the main issue is that it will not start. I believe that it is an issue with the fuel pump. The car will turn over but I do not hear the fuel pump whine when I turn the key to the 'on' position. This is confirmed by the fact that the manual fuel pressure gauge on the fuel rail is not showing any pressure.
Where do I start to solve this issue out? For some reason, I seem to remember that there was a way to manually make the fuel pump run... maybe one of those electrical connections that hangs down below the alternator was a jump for the fuel pump (for some reason I believe the black connector fed the fuel pump? green was a tach connection?) I wanted to confirm that too before just sticking a probe anywhere. What else could I check? I looked for a hot wire kit on the car but could not find one.
This car had a starter replaced in it a couple years ago. When they did it (it was a shop) for some reason they started messing around under the dash and started connecting and disconnecting things (such as the Pro-Pain kit, the radio doesn't work, scan master doesn't work, the boost controller doesn't work.. etc.)
This is a friends car that I am trying to help him out with. The car needs some work but is in overall good shape.
By the way, what happened to that website (I think it was) Turbo Regal? That place had a lot of good information. Is that information anywhere on the web still?
Thanks for the help.
I've been out of the Buick game a very long time, and for some reason or another I'm back (temporarily or permantly? I haven't figured out yet).
Anyways, I have a '87 Buick GN sitting in my drive way that has been sitting for a couple years now. Right now the main issue is that it will not start. I believe that it is an issue with the fuel pump. The car will turn over but I do not hear the fuel pump whine when I turn the key to the 'on' position. This is confirmed by the fact that the manual fuel pressure gauge on the fuel rail is not showing any pressure.
Where do I start to solve this issue out? For some reason, I seem to remember that there was a way to manually make the fuel pump run... maybe one of those electrical connections that hangs down below the alternator was a jump for the fuel pump (for some reason I believe the black connector fed the fuel pump? green was a tach connection?) I wanted to confirm that too before just sticking a probe anywhere. What else could I check? I looked for a hot wire kit on the car but could not find one.
This car had a starter replaced in it a couple years ago. When they did it (it was a shop) for some reason they started messing around under the dash and started connecting and disconnecting things (such as the Pro-Pain kit, the radio doesn't work, scan master doesn't work, the boost controller doesn't work.. etc.)
This is a friends car that I am trying to help him out with. The car needs some work but is in overall good shape.
By the way, what happened to that website (I think it was) Turbo Regal? That place had a lot of good information. Is that information anywhere on the web still?
Thanks for the help.