Fuel Trouble please help

[TuRBoTaLooN]

I was driving home tonight and cruising at like 60mph and the car bucked once or twice similar to hitting fuel cut...just not as harsh. I slowed down and then accelerated without any more problems. The car drove fine for the next 5-10 minutes. Then I was driving on a side road going about 30mph in 3rd gear. All of a sudden the rpms drop as if my foot was off the gas pedal. I pushed it down farther with no results. The car eventually died and I pulled over the side of the road. I tried to start the car again and the start motor turned just fine, but there was no combustion. Not even a sputter. I opened the hood and took a look. Throttle cable was securely connected and working. Spark plugs looked fine. There was no fuel, oil, or coolant on the ground or leaking. Oil level was fine. Coolant level was fine. The car did not overheat. It seems like there is just no fuel being sent to the motor. I have a 190 fuel pump that has been re-wired (installed by previous owner) and RC 550's (previous owner). I don't know how many miles on either. Any suggestions? I just want an idea of what to look at tomorrow when I get back from work. Any help is appreciated guys. Thanks ahead of time!

 

[TuRBoTaLooN]

Just wanted to post that I ripped out the old wiring (which after a visual inspection looked ok) and installed a new 10gauge power line to a new relay for the fuel pump and did the "re-wire" mod. After taking some time to find a good ground. The voltage is a little more constant. Idle is around 13.7 volts and at most it dropped to 13.2 volts. The car also feels a little stronger through the higher RPM ranges. Thanks again to everybody for their help! This is why I love this forum.

 

[dsm-onster]

PS- I've never had an alt that my Apex TT read as putting out more than 13.3v, except the one that failed and overvolted past 15. Isn't 13.7 when the battery starts to off-gas and overcharge/cook? Usually I read about 13v when I first start in the morning, and it'll dip to ~12.5 during normal cruise... sometimes all the way down to 11.8 in heavy traffic.

I agree w/ everything you said but this. 13.8 for both my 1Gs w/ brand new alternators. No "boiling" batteries. Any thing above 13v insures a good charge. Yes too much will "boil" a battery, but I havn't seen that happen even w/a voltage *slightly* over 14v.

Now, this IS based off of my scanmaster3. Could my volts be off WRT the scanmaster input/output?

 

[dsm-onster]

Just wanted to post that I ripped out the old wiring (which after a visual inspection looked ok) and installed a new 10gauge power line to a new relay for the fuel pump and did the "re-wire" mod. After taking some time to find a good ground. The voltage is a little more constant. Idle is around 13.7 volts and at most it dropped to 13.2 volts.

Sounds good to me.

The car also feels a little stronger through the higher RPM ranges. Thanks again to everybody for their help! This is why I love this forum.

Get a logger. You were probably knocking a bit up top.