wishiwasfishing_man

Recently bought 1990 22re truck it hadn't been on the road since 2006. Put a fresh battery on it, a little shot of starting fluid ,it started and subsequently died out. Towed it home, drained the fuel tank, put fresh fuel.

Question 1 is how can i determine whether I am getting fuel to motor from the tank. I am hearing impaired ( too much loud music in the 80's) won't hear anything priming! This is an EFI motor what,where and how am I to look to determine where the fuel is entering. Not experienced in this era of auto any help is appreciated.

This is going to be the first drive for my 16 year old daughter. She has been hands on, involved, and we are having conversations (imagine a truck older than her, having that capability). Got about 2 months of time to make it good and reliable. The drive to and from high school is less than 15 minutes.

Question 2 Location and how to attain information for my next issue with this truck is going to be needed. Both of us are out of school and time is on our side I would like to ensure it be quality time!

Question 3 When getting parts what information am I going to have available to my parts house other than 1990 22re?

I foresee the 2 of us having many hours of computer work, many band-aids and a lot hand cleaner ahead.

Thanks John and Kate

BigSwole

The fuel pump doesnt work like american vehicles. The "flapper" inside the afm works the fuel pump. If you dont have the intake hooked up it won't know to pump fuel.

Also theres a chance your afm could be bad and not reading correctly. Check the wires coming into the plugin on the afm. It could be loose/corroded and not giving the correct signal.

Thats where i would start.

wishiwasfishing_man

thanks, I must learn what these acronyms mean.

The AFM is in air filter housing.

I move the flapper with my finger and hear a clicking noise with the COR.
I found the COR (I think that's what is was) behind the passenger kick panel

Still waiting for that illusive fuel pump noise.

Thanks John

Vudujoose

"AFM" is the Air flow meter, the thing with the flapper your opening with your hand.

It reads the quantity of incoming air and sends information back to the ECU (Electronic Control Unit also know as an ECM Electronic control module) which calculates how much fuel to inject into the cylinders.

The vane (Flap) controls the fuel.

flummery

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...shtml#FuelPump

Use the fuel pump test jumper after you disconnect the line going into the rail. Have your daughter catch the gas coming out of the line in a bucket or gas can. If the pump is working, fuel will come flowing out of the line.

When you put the jumper wire into the diag port, just turn the ignition on, DO NOT CRANK IT OVER. This is how I found out my pump was still working in my 91.

flummery

I would also try replacing the fuel filter. It could be gummed up with a bunch of sludge and sediment and that would reduce the fuel pressure inside of the fuel rail causing the truck to run lean to the point of stalling out after a few seconds.