Trouble starting my 944, Help!

[Tim Boyer]

HI,
My 944 has been sitting for the past year. I am trying to get it started but so far no luck. Battery good, starter good, spark good. inject starter fluid the engine starts for a brief moment. I am thinking fuel. Any suggestions on getting the fuel to engine? Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Tim

[Ga 951]

try jumping the dme relay. See Clarks or do a search on how to jump the relay
This would be easiest place to start!
GL

[Cocacolakidd]

Could be the DME Relay, or the fuel pump, or the fuel filter. Maybe even old gas - try adding new gas to the tank and let the fuel pump run for a minute before starting.

Gummed injectors - pull one at a time to see if they are firing.

[alan6272]

Put your hand on the fuel pump and have some one try to start the car, if the pump runs you will feel or even here it. First place I would check,if the pump does not run you could test for power and ground at the pump. If the pump does run then I would check for fuel pressure at the fuel rail, there is a test port there for that. If that is all good then check to see if the injectors are getting a signal from the ecm. Here in the south if a car sits for over 12 months every thing in the fuel system is plugged up. We usely have to replace or clean out the fuel tank,replace pump and clean injectors.