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ok heres the skinny. it ended up being the fuel injector. when pressure was released from the injector it would work untile stoped and tried to start it again. thats why it started everytime i replaced something in the fuel line. hope this might help someone else. thanks for the help

does the relay start and stop the pump? my pump has always run. what does the relay do?

ok i have only posted once before but dont want you to think i havnt used this web site. i have spents hours reading and looking and would like to thank all of you that respond it has helped me alot!!!! ok now for my problem. 1988 spfi 5 speed. i just put a new enging in it about 4 months ago. everything was fine until abiut a week ago. went out to start it and it wouldnt start, cranked but no fire. waited about five minutes and tried agian it fired right up. the next day the same thing. this happened about 3 or 4 times, untill it woulnt start at all. i first checked spark and there was spark at the plugs. i took the fuel line off the output side of the fuel fiter and started the fuel pump, fuel came out about three or four inch stream. put the line back on and low and behold it started right up. the next day it woulndnt start so i did the same thing. tried to start it and it woulnd. installed another fuel pump and it started right up again. thought it was fixed, but no! went to startit an hour later and no start. replaced the FPR and still no start. this is really making me mad anyone have some ideas? new fuel pump new FPR the fuel filter was replaced about four months ago(could this be cloged allready?) fuel pump has always run and pumped fuel. i have not put a preasur gauge on it. dont have one. spark has always been there.

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its a spfi. thanks for the info on the green test conectors!!! what about the idle switch??

i am trying to time my subaru chiltons manual says to conect a test wire witch is soposed to be green by disconecting a couple of blue wires. i cant find the green wire i have a brown one that is not used. cound this be it? also it says to turn the idle switch to the off position. where in the world is it? i have read all the book and no referance to it anywhere. with out doing these to things it tells me i cant time it. that seems to be right because the timing marks arent even close right now. it is running however. need your help. thanks