Car won't start, car is parked in lot and cannot start Options

[solex]

Hi there my car is stranded in a lot fortunately in walking distance to my house.

Symptoms are that it seems to start and run fin when cold about 10-15 minutes. It will then stall and then I cannot start the car. It does not smell like it is flood (actually cannot smell any fuel) The last time this happened it sat over night and then it started with no problems.

I just changed the points although I do not think that was the problem I had never seen points that were not completely solid contact area the ones installed had a hole in the center so I replaced them.

Thanks,
Dan

[Tom]

Dan,
Sounds like you are having a similar problem to mine. I can start and run the car fine when it is cold. As soon as it gets warmed up, it doesn't want to start.
Advice I got here was most likely the fuel pump check valve or pressure regulator. Seems these FI systems need to be able to maintain pressure for 20 minutes or so after turn off. I haven't gotten around to getting a pressure gage to check this out yet. I really would like to narrow the problem down to either fuel or electrical first before I start removing things. Once you start removing things and replacing them you can compound the problem. Ie, did I get that reinstalled correctly and is it now causing more problems.
I have started to make a list of how I plan to attack this as soon as I get the time.
1- get the car warmed up and in it's " doesn't want to start mode".
2- determine if fuel is an issue- try spraying some starting fluid in the throttle body- if it starts, then there must be a fuel starvation issue.
3- if it doesn't start with the starting fluid, then check for spark- if there is spark, pull plugs and check them out.
4- if spark is ok and plugs are OK, then do compression test. Maybe after warm up the valves are getting a little tight, causing loss of compression.
5- if everything so far is OK, then start going through the fuel injection system hunting for some component that is failing when heated. I'm putting this off to last as I recently went through the fuel injection harness and repaired it.
Once the car starts when warm, it runs great. Kinda tells me the injection harness is OK. Might be one of the sensors tho'.
I'll post what I find after I find it.
Tom