J30 Not starting. Need Help!

[j30guy]

HelloGentle men since I am new to the forum. I have 1995 j30 was working fine till last month. I stored the car for 1 month in my garage and last week I tried to start the car. The engine trying to crank but only doing that but not starting. I made Several attempt but no good. My battery is good. Have half tank gas. Please let me know what will be the issue? Fuel pump? Fuel pressure? Thanks in advance

[driverdriver]

Welcome to NICO!!!

When you turn your ignition can you hear your fuel pump click and prime?

When you last started you J30 did you properly warm it up before shutting down? The injectors on the J are notrious for flooding if you don't properly warm up the car and then shut down.

[Ebbtide]

If I let mine sit for a week or so I get the same symptoms. I usually get it to start with a combination of pumping the gas and feathering it out as it starts to turn over. I then have to keep the rpm up until it warms up and stops blowing smoke all over. Sometimes it has felt like I was going to kill the battery but it has always started before I had to pull out jumpers. My wife, on the other hand, can never get it started after sitting and will run out the battery...girls.

I do note that it seems to be a fuel delivery problem which I have heard called "vapor lock." Which seems a lot to me like being flooded. IF you do a search for "vapor lock" it might point you how to get around this.

For whatever reasons these cars do not like to sit for long periods of time. Good luck and I hope this helps.

[misfit6794]

Its highly likely the gas went bad, I would try to syphon out the gas you have in it, and put fresh in. Also want to check that the battery is charged up fully. Vapor lock is a definite possibility.

[j30guy]

please let me know how to clear the vapor lock? This weekend i will try all the tech help given by the community to start the car.regards