Help with starting problem (fuel related), Help I can't find the fuel pump fuse on 96

[Ted]

Sorry this is in the wrong section and all, but I need some quick help. I been having a rough day and to get one stupid birthday card on my way home (i just put new gauges on) my gas needle was reading close to low but wasn't exactly on it. So my car ran out of gas in the begining of my neighborhood. So no problem, I called my dad to drop me off some gas in a can out of our garage. I probably put a gallon in. And I still couldn't get it started. I figured because it was a little on a hill maybee it needed a few more gallons to pick up. So I put 6 more gallons in. Still nothing. And I may have possibly flooded it. I kept a charger on it just to make sure my battery wasn't running low. I'm not getting any oil pressure when I try to crank it but if I leave it for a while it will start shooting up. Everything else looks fine, it just isn't getting any fuel. I tried for a while to keep cranking it. I hope I didn't burn my fuel pump out by running it out of gas, because this isn't the first time I ran out. DO you guys have any suggestions with flooding? I need some help soon. Thanks Guys!

[ March 22, 2004, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: Ted ]

[Ian]

get someone to stick their head under the back of the car with it off....

turn the key to the ON position....

do they hear the fuel pump sorta make a 'whirrrrrrrr' noise at all?

[Infernal]

Moving to General Tech...

[Cole Angrimson]

listen to see if the pump turns on. If not check the fuse under the hood on the drivers side. See if it's blown. If it is put in a new one. this happened to me only i had a full tank of gas. i put in new gas left work and it died. i tried to start it but it wouldn't start. i checked the fuse, blown, so i put a new one in and changed the fuel filter which was almost plugged solid. After that the pump has worked fine ever since. Does anybody know if the pump is supposed to kick a fuse if that happens so it doesn't take out the pump? anyway check all that stuff.

[Ted]

Ok I finally got it back to my house. I'm looking for the fuse, I looked under the hood and don't see any fuse what so ever related to the fuel system at all. I looked on the side of the dash too and nothing, I also checked my chilton manual and it doesn't say nothing. I checked all the fuses to make sure any were blown regardless and didn't find anything. Where is the fuse located on a '96?

BTW, I did a search and found some info on location but they were for 98+ vehicles, very different from my year in terms of fuse locations.

[ March 22, 2004, 07:45 PM: Message edited by: Ted ]