Help!

[mgbrv8]

I put the battery in and was going to start the car from a very long slumber and it wont ever tickle the starter the security light in blinking with the key in and out and everything else is working is this a VATS issue and what do I do to correct it?

Dave

[Kevin]

battery could be bad. these cars are battery hogs, they don't run right without a fully charged battery

[mgbrv8]

Nope its a fresh battery, This is torture

[mgbrv8]

The ignition was on accessory when I put the battery in I am thinking I have set off the VATS off

[Kevin]

you could try taking the battery out again waiting an hour or so and then trying it all over again

[mgbrv8]

My fuel pump isnt priming so I think it must be the vats

[mgbrv8]

Okay now its cranking like it had a sticky solenoid or somthing, but now the fuel pump isn't pumping. Any idea It has a full tank of gas.

[mgbrv8]

Dose a 91 Z have the Fuel pump test connector in the same place as the 90

[mgbrv8]

I think I found the connector, it is the one coming out of the main loom from the ecm right in front of the wiper motor. Now I put power to it from my test light and I didnt hear any pump sound. Do I Have bad pumps?

Dave

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by mgbrv8

I think I found the connector, it is the one coming out of the main loom from the ecm right in front of the wiper motor. Now I put power to it from my test light and I didnt hear any pump sound. Do I Have bad pumps?

Dave

Well, if you're connecting your test light in series with the pump test lead, the pumps will not run due to the high resistance imposed by the test light. The light will come on, but there isn't enough current (5+5A) to run the pumps. But, if you set your VOM to read AMPERES and connect the red lead on the pos side of the battery and the black lead to the pump test lead, you should get a reading of 10A which indicates both pumps are running...assuming you have in fact isolated the pump test lead (which sounds like you did).

I recommend too that you install a Battery Tender to the battery to keep it in top shape at all times, regardless of temperature or time between use. And, the battery will thank you as well! (My wife's battery in her 69 C3 is going on 6 years now and it still cranks her 350/350 like new!) I have found the little 800mA unit to be perfectly adequate for battery maintenance.

P.