So this wagon has been sitting for about 2 years cause it stopped running when it was getting daily use. I found it had a bad ignition coil so I replaced that, but it still won't fire. Checked all the plugs, I'm getting spark when testing from the plug end of all 4 of the distributor wires, bought a new battery of course. Checked the main and aux injectors resistances, which were both within tolerance range, Checked the Main Relay and it's good, I'm not getting any trouble code flashes from the ecu, but I unhooked a couple components to see if it was responding and it did give flashes correctly. Fuel pump is working, Syphoned out the old gas from the tank and added a can of Sea Foam and like a gallon of new gas I had. I even had somebody spray some starter fluid in while I cranked it, and still not firing. What am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

Having been through similar situations and troubleshooting, some thoughts. A fuel pump can work but may not be enough pressure. Borrow a fuel pressure tool from Autozone or Oreilly's free and check. Replace the fuel filter. It may be restricting. Installing a new distributor solved it once even though i tested and replaced coil. They are cheap on Amazon.

 

Thank you for the response! I was starting to think nobody was going to comment at all. My guess is cause I've basically already done most of the things I'm sure most people were going to suggest before the read my description. Anyway...it finally fired!! Before getting to what I did that ended up getting it over the hump, I will say that you're right on point with what I was thinking too. Though I have had that thought about the fuel pump not pumping "strongly enough" for the last few days too, I decided to keep it as a Hail Mary after trying everything else since it was getting voltage and you can hear it too. I have a fuel pressure test gauge, I'm not familiar with how to test fuel pressure without the car running, so I skipped it a while ago. My next moves were going to be fuel filter swap, since I got the old gas out of the tank already, but it's usually a good idea to replace the fuel filter it you're concerned about old gas, and just fully replacing the distributor in case one of the sensors in the distributor was bad besides the known bad coil it had that I replaced first. So had somebody pick up a fuel filter for me and another couple gallons of premium gas, a put both in it. Then I turned the key to the "on" position, then back off, then on again, and back off several times letting the pump really prime the new filter and everything else. Then, I basically put the gas pedal to the floor and cranked the **** out of it while it coughed and sputtered and shook, almost firing probably 8 to 10 times. Stopped to hook up a trickle charger cause the battery was under 50% at this point. Then came back later and did the same and it finally fired on the second big 10 second cranking session once on the full battery again!! So happy!

I'm sure going into this much detail about all this isn't necessary, but in the interest of another person finding this thread having a similar problem, they can try what I did. In hindsight I would've done a few things differently though: First, if the car has been sitting for a long period of time, especially like the 2 years mine was, I would definitely replace the fuel filter and get that old gas out of the tank and get some fresh stuff in it no matter what. I'm convinced that if I had replaced the fuel filter first, I might've not needed to check some of the things I did. Secondly, make sure you've got a good charge on that battery when you're actually goin for it and trying to start it. It makes a big difference. Thanks again for the reply jdub808!