Does it maintain the 55 psi at the fuel rail while it's sputtering?

 

Sure does

 

have you ever seen the car run? I ask because I was having a similar issue when I bought a non running car a few months ago that turned out to be a clogged cat/exhaust. I had good fuel pressure, spark and compression.

 

Do you have good compression? Also I would check for fuel injector pulse. I believe there's a big 20 pin or so connector located by the alternator that has all the fuel injector wiring so you won't have to pull the upper intake.

And in my first post, I was saying that the wires to the camshaft position sensor can sometimes chaff on the power steering pump if it has hydraulic steering. Being that yours is electric, it could still have a bad cam sensor, but the wires wouldn't be chaffed through.

 

That's another possibility. If you suspect that, pull the precat oxygen sensor and see if it'll start.

 

Hmm...is there a way to quick relieve the cat ? I do notice puffs of smoke from the throttle body since taking the intake boots off.

 

Time to investigate, and no it never ran in front of me.

 

Yup, first thing I pulled off after looking at the CPS. The wires are oldish but good contacts.

 

If it's one of the hatchbacks, just drive it into the lake and move on.



So ugly.

 

LOL wish it were, it's a sedan