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Hi guys,

Just got the car back from being away a few weeks getting the rollcage finished off and painted. When we dropped it off it was fine, now won't start.

Car is a 1994 R32 GTR, runs a Power FC, has a dodgy "Super Barricado" immobiliser with everything unplugged (this wasn't a problem before).

It cranks fine and there is spark. The fuel pump primes but there is no fuel in the return line at the pump. Do we need to check this at the engine or does this tell us enough?

Where do we start? We think everything is plugged back in and have spent hours double checking with no result. Is there anything obvious that would cause these symptoms? Could it be a dodgy immobiliser?

Also, what is the computer that sits on the drivers side in the rear seat "door panel"?

Thanks in advance for any help, trying to make it to an open day on Monday!

Cheers

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do you know how the immobiliser works (what it cuts)? some of the cheaper ones cut the fuel pump, so it may prime the pump but then it simply turn it off. might be worth pulling the fuel line off at the fuel filter and see if it pumps fuel when you try to start it. that is my guess as to what is happening. if welding was done in the car then it may also be worth checking fuses as well. generally nothing happens but there is the odd chance something has blown.

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Hi guys,

Just got the car back from being away a few weeks getting the rollcage finished off and painted. When we dropped it off it was fine, now won't start.

Car is a 1994 R32 GTR, runs a Power FC, has a dodgy "Super Barricado" immobiliser with everything unplugged (this wasn't a problem before).

It cranks fine and there is spark. The fuel pump primes but there is no fuel in the return line at the pump. Do we need to check this at the engine or does this tell us enough?

Where do we start? We think everything is plugged back in and have spent hours double checking with no result. Is there anything obvious that would cause these symptoms? Could it be a dodgy immobiliser?

Also, what is the computer that sits on the drivers side in the rear seat "door panel"?

Thanks in advance for any help, trying to make it to an open day on Monday!

Cheers

Check if the pump is drawing amps when you try and start it.

savant Apprentice

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The good news is that we sorted the problem - Was some dodgy wiring in the steering column, new wires have been run to the fuel pump at some stage and had been pulled out of the loom.

Unfortunately we started bleeding the brakes and wondered what the hissing sound was - Traced it to the handy hole in the rear brake line where a drill scraped the pipe... It never stops!

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