EricF
New Member
Hello all, new here and thank you for this forum!
My wife's expedition has been sitting for 6 months due to some repairs needing to be made before getting it back on the road. Unfortunately, it was sitting for 6 months, and after putting a new battery in it the car just won't start.
It cranks but won't turn over. I bought some start spray and it begins to turn over so I know there's a spark. Battery is new, it cranks so it isn't the starter, start spray confirms spark is there so I assume it's a fuel issue. I checked the fuel pump relay (good), checked the wiring back where it connects near the fuel pump and when the car cranks, the voltage jumps to 11.
What has me puzzled is that it started up just fine before it sat. Reading more about this I found that she should have put fuel stabilizer in the tank.
Only thing that changed is that the battery connection wires were severely corroded so I cut the cables and bought after market terminal connections (the ones you screw the clamps onto the bare wire) and everything lights up and cranks just fine.
Could a pump go bad just by sitting? I don't hear a hum or buzzing when turning the key partially. I also rented a fuel pressure gauge and attached to the fuel rail. No reading whatsoever.
I am wondering if this is worth working on since it has 245,000 miles and in the process of attaching the fuel pressure gauge, the heater hoses to the fire wall easily crumbled and snapped off. I can't wait to work on those hoses with as little space as there is haha.
Thank you everyone!
My wife's expedition has been sitting for 6 months due to some repairs needing to be made before getting it back on the road. Unfortunately, it was sitting for 6 months, and after putting a new battery in it the car just won't start.
It cranks but won't turn over. I bought some start spray and it begins to turn over so I know there's a spark. Battery is new, it cranks so it isn't the starter, start spray confirms spark is there so I assume it's a fuel issue. I checked the fuel pump relay (good), checked the wiring back where it connects near the fuel pump and when the car cranks, the voltage jumps to 11.
What has me puzzled is that it started up just fine before it sat. Reading more about this I found that she should have put fuel stabilizer in the tank.
Only thing that changed is that the battery connection wires were severely corroded so I cut the cables and bought after market terminal connections (the ones you screw the clamps onto the bare wire) and everything lights up and cranks just fine.
Could a pump go bad just by sitting? I don't hear a hum or buzzing when turning the key partially. I also rented a fuel pressure gauge and attached to the fuel rail. No reading whatsoever.
I am wondering if this is worth working on since it has 245,000 miles and in the process of attaching the fuel pressure gauge, the heater hoses to the fire wall easily crumbled and snapped off. I can't wait to work on those hoses with as little space as there is haha.
Thank you everyone!