Hi all,
Having a lot of issues getting my 1992 Cooper SPi starting after I worked abroad for a couple of years and left her garaged and unused. The fuel pump stopped priming, so I replaced it and at the weekend replaced the fuel filter too. I added a gallon of fresh fuel and as I turned the key and primed the pump, I heard fuel gurgling into the filter,and then checked I had fuel getting through right to the entry point under the back of the air filter (checked by pulling off the pipe, plenty of fuel coming out)
Electrically, I have been through all of the inline fuses behind the air filter, replaced some of the inline holders which had melted at one end (and open circuited the contact to the fuse end). All good soldered joints now. I had lost my ignition and battery lights on turning the ignition key until I went through all those fuses and got them all good. Now they lights are back and the engine turns over quickly. I pulled out the spark plug nearest the offside (Number One Cylinder?) and held against the block as turning over, to see a nice regular spark. The plug was dry despite a fair bit of turning over and repeat priming of the fuel pump over an hour or so. So its looking like I have spark, but no fuel, though it is reaching the head at the back of the air filter (the inlet manifold)?
Any advise as to where to look next? The car is low mileage, has been dry stored for the last 25 years and used infrequently, if that gives any clues!
Thanks in advance, hoping you can help awake the sleeping beauty so I can work on the other fairly minor points to the MoT (rear brakes binding, front disks and pads to replace etc...)
Ian