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Originally Posted by djfaka
Thanks Greeny
I did what you suggested, the ground looked just fine, I didnt touch it, move it or anything... I put the key in the ignition to see if I could hear the fuel pump better (since the seats were off) and I didnt hear it, I turn it to start and it starts.... I swear my max is sooo weird.
I think the gas gauge is off pretty bad because it was showing fuel just below E. I know I had more gas than that, but I went and got another 5 gallons just to err on the safe side now I have just under a half a tank.
Does anyone have any idea why that coulda happened? I'm guessing the fuel pressure was too low to start or something. I don't know much about this stuff other than what I read here and in the FSM.
Just for clarification heres a mini timeline
Saturday: Car works, Get gas
Sunday: Didn't drive
Monday: Didn't drive til 830pm, went to start car. nothing. posted on this thread.
It was raining pretty crazy, but my car is under a carport. so I'm not thinking thats it.
Hitting a wall because I'm not sure what to do preventatively to have this not happen so any suggestions are appreciated
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Just because the ground wire didn't actually look/appear broken at the pump housing doesn't mean it not broken/disconnected elsewhere.
I had the same issue with my fuel gauge and a hard starting issue for a long time, i finally figured out it was the fuel tank ground had a bad connection, but not at the fuel pump housing. I couldn't trace the ground short location, so i just installed a new tank to body ground like i explained in my first post. It fixed my fuel gauge problem and my car starts better now then it ever has in the 8 years i have owned it!