Water in Fuel?

[elsleepster]

My 85 Supra was running great, last night I filled the gas tank and this morning on my way to work I went about a mile and the car just died.
Could I have gotten some 'bad' fuel? I replaced the fuel filter and pump about a year ago so I'm unsure where to start.....
Any Ideas??

[mrnickleye]

Yes. Sounds like bad fuel. Water is a good guess.

Take the cold start injector banjo fitting off and then put the fitting into a glass jar (pickle jar?).

Have someone crank the engine over while you fill the jar with fuel.

Leave the jar set over night with a lid on it. If there is water in the fuel, it will seperate and be on the bottom of the jar.

If you see more than a tiny bit, like 1/8", then there's your problem.

You'll have to siphon out the fuel and put in some new fuel.

If no water in jar, then you may have other troubles.

Like.........if no fuel came out into the jar in the first place, then the fuel pump is not working. etc etc.

[elsleepster]

Also my brother in-law checked it out and said the ignition coil wasn't working (no spark when tested). So I spent $85 and that did't help. I think I'll try your suggestion.

Thanks again

[mrnickleye]

You should have spark. If you don't have it while cranking the engine, then that is likely your problem.

The ignitor or some other component may have gone bad. The coils on these cars VERY VERY seldom go bad.

Fuses are more likely.