[KillerBug]

Update: Current situation and tests done
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1.) I have tested the fuel comming from the return line, this test passed...should pump at least 750ml of fuel per 30 seconds, pumps approximately 1000ml per 30 seconds.

2.) NO fuel comes out of the banjo fittings on the top of the fuel distributor (the ones that supply the 4 main fuel injectors), this test was performed with the lines to the injectors removed entirely. Weather I have spark or not, it cannot start with no fuel here.

3.) It will start for a few seconds when given a generous amount of starting fluid, then dies when starting fluid is depleted.

4.) I have rebuilt the fuel distributor twice, the second time without the gasket between the top piece (the one that has the fittings to the fuel injectors) and the piece dirrectly below it. When rebuilt in such a way, you can hear a high pitched wine accompanying a slow leak of fuel from where this gasket should be.

5.) Pushing/holding/jiggling the air meter plate on the fuel distributor has no effect on the lack of fuel going to the injectors.

6.) Engine will not caugh or sputter at all, just a cranking noise...no combustion is taking place at all

7.) It seems the charcoal canister had an internal rupture, I believe this may have something to do with the problem despite what I have been told by a few "back-yard" mechanics.


Original Post:
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I just got this car from my dad. He says that it stopped running while driving. It made a sound resembling a very bad valve train problem and slowly died. It has not started since. It will start for a second if you spray a huge amount of starting fluid into the intake, but dies as soon as it is gone. I tried hot wiring the fuel pumps, but it still will not start. Then I took off the 5th injector supply from the fuel distributor and turned the pumps on. A small amount of gas slowly dripped out of the port, there was a difference in the drip speed between off and on, but I have been told the car runs 60-70psi, so a slow drip would seem to be a problem.

Any ideas?