Cadillac Repair: 86 Fleetwood wont start, dash lights, gas tank


Question
I have a 1986 Caddy Fleetwood and one day while driving, it just stopped. The only prior repairs that were made were taking it in to have a cd player professionally installed. After it stopped running, we thought it may be the fuel pump, so we changed that, but still nothing. Do you think that it may be the distributor?

Answer
Do you have spark to the spark plugs ?.

Fuel pump test:

1. Get yourself a helper.

2. remove the gas cap.

3. have one person listen in the gas tank at the gas cap opening.

4. have the other person turn the ignition switch to the ON position ONLY so as the dash lights come on. Do NOT attempt to start the engine.

5. As soon as the ignition key is turned to the ON position, The person at the gas tank should hear the fuel pump run for TWO SECONDS and then it should STOP.

6. Does it ?.

7. If it does NOT run for the 2 seconds the fault is either the fuel pump or the relay.