Car's still broken !!!

[Nate Stuart]

I haven't followed the rest of this thread so I'm not up on the trouble
shooting you have already done(and my mail browser is being pissy so I
can't go back and review right now) but.... have you tried sticking a
regular relay in place of the fuel pump relay? It could be that either a)
there is no tach signal getting to the FPR, and it doesn't 'know' the
engine is running and shuts the pump off, or b) the signal is getting to
the FPR, but the FPR is borked and isn't continuing to run the pump after
you release the key from 'start'. So a quick and dirty elimination of the
fpr is to stick a regular plain-jane automotive relay in, turn the key to
'On'(or start of course) and the fuel pump should be whirring away all the
time. And the car should run, and if the relay is yellow then get in, sit
down, shut up, and hold on, cause that car's gor another gaaarraaunteed
42hp at the wheels ;)

HTH!?
-Nate (yes it's gettin late, ignore my babling if you so desire)
'89 90tq
www.newtsplace.com/90tq

> Thanks for everyone's suggestions.  I ordered a new intake boot from
> Dad's in Sacramento, and fitted it this afternoon.  I made sure
> everything fitted right and was tightened properly.  Unfortunately IT
> STILL WONT START !!!
>
> I made sure the crank-case bleeder hose (?goes from the RHS of the
> bottom of the block to the bottom of the intake boot?) was tight,
> carbon cannister is re-fitted, and everything.
>
> It does the same thing as before - starts, then dies within about a
> second or less.
>
> I cleaned the air flow sensor (the big plate in the cone) - is it
> possible I knocked that out of whack ?
>
> General consensus is that it's a vacuum leak, but to kill my car this
> totally, it seems liek it would need to be a big one !! Any tips on how
> to find it ?  Would it be a bad idea to pressurise the boot - say from
> the carbon cannister hole ?
>
> Thanks,
>   Mike.