VL Not Starting

[Scottie666]

Hey guys,
my bro in law has an 1988 vl which i sold him, it was running before i gave it to him but it ran outta fuel. we have put fuel in it and it won't start take the fuel line off and turn the ignition and it slowly trickles fuel out of the fuel line, should it actually piss out?

any help would be great

cheers
Scottie

[nasty1]

should piss out

[Scottie666]

so if it's not pissing out what would be the cause in fuel pressure drop?

[05 Senator]

blocked filter?? when it ran out of fuel it couldve sucked in some contaminent from the bottom of the tank. and it could also possibly be in your fuel pump or the lines. try change the filter and while the hose is off see how much comes out there. if it pisses out its either filter or lines so you should be able to work from that. hope it helps

[Scottie666]

cool thanks for that bro, will have a go and let you know

[Scottie666]

ok did the fuel filter and lines and also swapped the fuel rails over with another car,
still nothing, shit loads of fuel pissing outta the fuel lines now ,
even if there is spark the crank angle sensor could still be rooted right?


any help would be great

[Scottie666]

bump, anybody got any ideas?

[detox_nath83]

well yeah this can happen even though the CAS is responsible for spark..could still be Farked
So u got Fuel
Compression and spark
Should b it theoretically..
Try another for Piece of mind man,.

Hows injectors? check relays and fuses etc

[holden_2100]

if u run them dry the fuel pumps do burn out and need replacing i found this out the hard way

[05 Senator]

but hes getting plenty of fuel so it cant be the problem.. although i have also done this before

[Scottie666]

ok we fixed the problem, we kicked ourselves so hard, even though we had spark and seemed like heaps, the coil was actually farked, we replaced it with another and the bloody thing won't stop running hahahahaha

[05 Senator]

good to hear mate

[troy127]

hey my vl wont start it just winds ova just wont start wat would that be everythin was all good with it till i change my plugs and leads

[detox_nath83]

have u got the leads right from the dizzy to cylinders?? looking at motor it is inline front = 1 - 6(at firewall) numbers are marked on the dizzy cup.
Easy mistake to make.