1992 Mercury Sable wont start

Tiny
DONNA MCELWAIN
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  • 1992 MERCURY SABLE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 65,000 MILES
My car will turn over and sound like its starting but wont catch and start. I was wondering what that sounds like. Someone told me they dont think my engine is getting any gas. Any ideas what it could be?
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 AT 10:15 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Do below and tell me what happened-

Get a carb cleaner and spray into the carb or the throttle body on an EFI. Did it start and die? If not disconnect a sparkplug wire or 2 and ground it to the engine -have helper crank engine over-do you have a snapping blue spark? If so-you have a fuel problem, check the fuel pressure to rule out the fuel pump/pressure regulator and listen to the injector/s are they pulsing or hook up a noid light. No snapping blue spark continue to troubleshoot the ignition system-power input to the coil/coil, distributor pick-up coil, ignition control module, cam and crank sensors-
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