[Steve91T]

So yesterday when I started the car, it cranked but didn't fire. It did start on the 2nd try. Odd, I thought. So then on m way home, I was steady at 35 mph when, for about a second, the fire went out. I had nothing. Then it came back and all was well. So I was thinking that maybe the opti was having a bad day.

Fast forward to today and the car wouldn't start. Cranked, but wouldn't fire....didn't even try. I noticed I couldn't hear the fuel pump priming. I banged on the tank with a rubber dead blow and tried again. This time I heard the fuel pump prime and the car fired, but then quit. That was the last time I could get it to fire. I also noticed the fuel gauge is pegged full.

Soooo, time to cut an access above the tank?

[Steve91T]

Yeah but not only am I not getting priming, I'm getting a no start condition. After beating on the tank, I turned the key and heard it prime. Then when I cranked it, it fired but quit, as if it was running off the prime only. That was the last time it fired.

I just went to the garage and tried again. Turned the key and heard nothing. Cranked the engine for a good 10 seconds and got nothing. Sounds like, from what you guys have said, it would take multiple failures of fuel pump relays to get a no start, not just extended cranking. Am I understanding that correctly?

The only other very weird thing is my gas gauge is pegged full. That must mean something. Where are the electrical connections for the gauge and pump?