I had a problem with my '89 not starting similar to your no start. I started the car and went to pay a bill, was in there about 5 mins. I came out and it wouldn't start, it turned over fine. I tried pumping the gas pedal and it seemed like it was trying, but only sputtered a little. After a few minutes of doing that, I thought maybe I flooded the engine. I floored the gas pedal and held it there hoping to clear the flooding while cranking. Nothing seemed to work and I had no tools or anything with me at the time to check anything. After letting it sit for awhile, something like 15 minutes or so I tried again to no avail. I called a tow truck and had it towed to a trusted shop. When we off loaded it at the shop, I tried starting it again. It started right up and ran ok then. I then drove into a service bay there and the mechanic checked the car out and determined it was my injectors. One of the injectors had very little resistance and some of the others were also low. They wanted a lot of money to replace them and I couldn't afford to have them do it. I came back the next day and it started right up and I drove it home with no problems. I couldn,t beleive it would not start at one time then start several times after that. I checked the injectors for resistance after I got it home. I saw that a couple injectors were very low in resistance. Why would it not start and then start several times later? I did some research on the injectors and found out that if an injector is bad it will shut down the entire system as the ECM sees a short. The '89's use Multitech injectors and they are junk. I called Jon Banner at Fuel Injection Connection and got a set of Bosch Gen III's. I installed them and a new intake gasket as it was leaking coolant by the #3 injector. After putting everything together it started right up and ran better than it had ever run in the past. I was amazed at how well it ran. Multitechs were only used on the '89 and are junk. Jon Banner would take the old injectors and give you some credit for them, except for the Mulitechs. He doesn't take them and told me to throw them out. Jon was great to deal with and gave me some excellent information on injectors. I would suggest, if you have an injector below the resistance it should have, you change them over to the Bosch's and you will be as surprised as I was at the performance they give you. No more problems starting!!! I changed them out myself and saved a bunch of money. Its a difficult job pulling them out, but can be done if you have any mechanical skills. Replacing them is a snap after you get the old ones out. If you need some help or more info in doing it yourself, you can give me a call and I can walk you thru it. This will fix your problem and give you more performance than you ever had before. Please feel free to call me anytime in the evening. Bill.....386-956-7046...hope this helps you out. This is a great forum and lots of help here.
