Car won't start

[MustangMuscle86]

I have a 1986 Mustang LX with a 3.8L V6 with Throttle Boddy Injection.

I can't get it to start,it cranks and cranks,but won't fire up.I have spark,I have air...it's some type of gas issue.It "explodes" inside the throttle body.

ANy suggestions,because I am totally lost and now I am vehicleless.

 

[Tru_Blue_104]

Make sure when you turn the key to the on posistion (not start it), see if you can hear a hum comming from the rear of the car. If you dont, then that means the fuel pump isnt kickin on. Make sure the fuel shutoff switch is reset, I had a problem like that on my 89.

 

[SDstangz]

Backfiring? sounds like timing or may your fuel is contaminated what’s the last thing you did before it went ape?

 

[MustangMuscle86]

The pump kicks on.

Last thing I did was fill up the tank at BP.

But it ran fine afterwards,started up fine last night when I moved it from the street to the drive.

 

[SDstangz]

If there is water in the tank wont it set to the bottom that’s where the pump sucks fuel/water from? (pretty sure) ask if anybody else had problems with that station.....if so I believe there is something you can dump into your gas tank that will fix that ask your local parts store. Its like alcohol or something crazy, but its safe. ?Anybody?

 

[Stangfanatic98]

I'm not sure EXACTLY where the fuel pump connects to the tank, but I would guess its a little below the midsection and parallel to the ground but not directly on the bottom. What do you mean by it "explodes" in the throttle body?