what stops fuel injectors from firing?

my pressure at the Shrader valve is 40.5 psi.A bulb or noid light will tell me if the computer/sensors are ok. But if for instance there's corrosion of the fuel rail itself due to ethanol it won't tell me that (and yes I need to stick a bulb in one receptacle to test for pulses, haven't gotten around to it). As Magilla from the School of ExceptionallyTalented Gorillas has pointed out, this car is 21 years old. The fuel rail is aluminum, and can rot out due to the additive.

On 11/5/2013 7:25 PM, wrote:
> my pressure at the Shrader valve is 40.5 psi.A bulb or noid light will tell me if the computer/sensors are ok. But if for instance there's corrosion of the fuel rail itself due to ethanol it won't tell me that (and yes I need to stick a bulb in one receptacle to test for pulses, haven't gotten around to it). As Magilla from the School of ExceptionallyTalented Gorillas has pointed out, this car is 21 years old. The fuel rail is aluminum, and can rot out due to the additive.
>
I drove a 1992 Lumina rental car in 1993, and was not at all impressed.
Unlike certain alcoholic beverages, cars do not improve with age.

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On 11/05/2013 09:28 PM, T0m $herman wrote:
> On 11/5/2013 7:25 PM, wrote:
>> my pressure at the Shrader valve is 40.5 psi.A bulb or noid light will
>> tell me if the computer/sensors are ok. But if for instance there's
>> corrosion of the fuel rail itself due to ethanol it won't tell me that
>> (and yes I need to stick a bulb in one receptacle to test for pulses,
>> haven't gotten around to it). As Magilla from the School of
>> ExceptionallyTalented Gorillas has pointed out, this car is 21 years
>> old. The fuel rail is aluminum, and can rot out due to the additive.
>>
> I drove a 1992 Lumina rental car in 1993, and was not at all impressed.
> Unlike certain alcoholic beverages, cars do not improve with age.
>

Some however look better with the perspective of age. The Lumina is
arguably better than most of its derivatives. And either makes one
nostalgic for a late 60's Chevelle.

nate

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On 11/6/2013 5:43 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
> On 11/05/2013 09:28 PM, T0m $herman wrote:
>> On 11/5/2013 7:25 PM, wrote:
>>> my pressure at the Shrader valve is 40.5 psi.A bulb or noid light will
>>> tell me if the computer/sensors are ok. But if for instance there's
>>> corrosion of the fuel rail itself due to ethanol it won't tell me that
>>> (and yes I need to stick a bulb in one receptacle to test for pulses,
>>> haven't gotten around to it). As Magilla from the School of
>>> ExceptionallyTalented Gorillas has pointed out, this car is 21 years
>>> old. The fuel rail is aluminum, and can rot out due to the additive.
>>>
>> I drove a 1992 Lumina rental car in 1993, and was not at all impressed.
>> Unlike certain alcoholic beverages, cars do not improve with age.
>>
>
> Some however look better with the perspective of age. The Lumina is
> arguably better than most of its derivatives. And either makes one
> nostalgic for a late 60's Chevelle.
>
But compared to a Honda Accord from the same year, would any rational
[1] reason make a person choose the Lumina instead?

[1] Without such things as cult-like following, anti-Japanese bias, etc,
the US motor vehicle industry would have disappeared in the 1970's.

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