Asking a different way

[blue62]

Originally Posted by Luckyman01

Long story short.

It was the fuel pressure regulator, there was a vacuum leak between this and the intake manifold.

Thanks to forum for responses and a subtle kick in the behind.

BTW, all the process, it appears that I have her in "Transport" mode now, likely due to tasking the battery.

DCM

How did you track it down to a vacuum leak at fuel regulator???
What led you to looking there????

[Luckyman01]

I wish I could boast how smart I am, however I got there through a long path. I could get the car to run by jumping across the fuel pump relay.

My most recent work had been the fuel level sensor in the gas tank, so I thought I had done something wrong and took it out and checked the work there. Which in hindsight was not necessary ass the pump would work when the fuel pump relay was jumped.

Due to a lack of logic I starting throwing parts at anything I believed would impact fuel delivery.

I replaced the relays associated with fuel delivery and the crankshaft position sensor and the ignition switch to no avail.

Then I decided to check fuel pressure at the rail and went into the engine compartment, which brought up that a standard fitting on a fuel pressure gauge would not fit on the schrader valve on the right hand side of the rail.

That got me looking around the the fuel rail and I discovered that the elbow shaped hose
between the intake manifold amd the fuel pressure regulator was nor a tight fit.

I replaced it and all SEEMS to be well.

In short and in retrospect, I let pressure and anxiety impact the process.

While I have kept english and Italian sports cars on the road over the years, my mind does not seem as sharp as it once was.

David

I hope this issue is in the past.