Porsche Repair: No fuel, air intake hose, jumper wire


Question
The car is normally stored in the garage. I hadn't started it in a couple of months. When it didn't start, I tried spraying starting fluid in the air intake hose. The engine would start to run and then stop. Therefore, I felt that it was a fuel issue. As I disconnected the fuel line, at the fuel rail, there was a release of pressure. With the line disconnected, I turned the key, no fuel. I turned the key to start the car, no fuel. What do you suggest that I do next.
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Followup To

Question -
I have a 1985 1/2, 944 stored in my garage. It use to run. I disconnected the fuel line at the fuel rail. There was pressure but no fuel. What, how and where should I check first?

Answer -
Hi Mark,

Sorry, I'm not clear.  When you say you have pressure it implies liquid gushing all over your garage floor...but you say you have no fuel?

Would you write back and expand on your explanation a bit.  Thanks.  Dave

Answer
Hi Mark, thanks for the added info.  

Because there's no fuel at all, the next step would be to verify the pump will send fuel when it gets power.  The way to check this is to locate the fuel pump relay.  It should be in the fuse block under the instrument panel.

After you identify it, pull it out and what you will want to focus on are the female sockets where the relay was installed.  From the markings on the relay, identify the socket terminals 30 and 87b.  With a short jumper wire and with the ignition turned on, connect the two sockets for a moment or two and you should hear the pump running.  What you are doing is bypassing the relay to verify that when the pump gets 12v it will run.

If it does run, and you have fuel dripping on your garage floor, the next thing to do is verify the action of the relay.  For this test you will need two pieces of jumper wire.  Move your relay over near the battery and connect the 86 terminal to the negative terminal of the battery with one jumper wire.  With the other wire touch the positive side of the battery and simultaneously terminal 85, briefly, and let go...what you should hear is an internal "click"  from the relay.  Do it a couple times.  A click means the relay is working, no click means its dead.

I'd be interested to know what you find.

Dave