Engine fires then dies immediately

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Originally Posted by tranceatlantic

I bought a 986 two weeks ago, had no problems until yesterday when it wouldn't start. It turns over, seems to fire but dies immediately. My OBI says there are no problems. I unbolted the hose on the passenger side fuel rail. I think it's the return fuel hose. On start up it flows a steady stream of fuel. So I'm guessing it's not a fuel problem. I noticed the Bosch idle controller is humming but other threads say this may be ok. I honestly didn't notice it before but I wasn't looking forward for a problem .

Now I'm out of ideas. Please help!

At idle the fuel pressure should be around 50 psi or 3.5 bar so it should do a little more than flow. Yes you unbolted the return line. the only proper way to determine if you have the appropriate fuel pressure required to run the engine is with a gage hooked up to the test port. Please give us more info on which engine you got, I'm assuming a 2.5 ?