car won't start (orginal right?) Options

[johnpierre]

hey everyone

all of a sudden out of the blue the engine just started sputtering and cutting out. this when on for two days or about 20 miles (thats the total I drove it for those days). pulled it in the driveway and when I went back to it a few days later it won't start al all.

it sounds to me like it is out of gas which of course is impossible, it was on a 1/4 tank when this happened so the possibility of this being the cause is slim to none.

73' 1.7 FI

any thoughts...


-jp-

[Rand]

starts same as it always did jut doesn't complete the task of firing up

Say what? Red flag rising. Do you mean "cranks" like always (as in it turns over)? Starts means it runs. We may need to clarify the semantics to be more helpful.

1. Check spark because that only takes a minute (literally).
2. Pull injector and put in a glass jar to get a real measure on fuel flow.

Unless there was a serious event, the compression and timing shouldn't be suspected before these.