97' PA fuel pump or fuel pump relay????

[Mickey#1]

Sorry to hear about your heart problem. Hope it was a mild one & you have a quick recovery. The fuel pump grounds at the driver's side ground bus - see pic. This is a fairly common problem up North where snow & salt get tracked into the car causing corrosion. I see you're in Texas so that makes it less likely unless you've had leak problems that soaked the carpets.

I'd suggest getting a fuel pressure gauge so you can narrow this down to a fuel or spark problem.

[tat2man67]

you might want to try this. i have found that the connector that goes through the sending unit on the top of the tank gets corroded and loses contact when it wants to. it happened to me. i cleaned out the connector from both sides and worked everyime. no trouble so far.

[HotZ28]

by Mickey#1
I'd suggest getting a fuel pressure gauge so you can narrow this down to a fuel or spark problem.

Next time it stalls you need to be prepared to check for fuel pressure & or spark. We have to narrow this down to fuel or spark.

Crank sensors often fail without a code.
Crank sensor has nothing to do with fuel pump or pressure.
Are you sure you're not getting fuel pressure?
Have you checked the driver's side ground bus?

As suggested several times by Mickey#1, have you verified or checked for fuel or spark when it does not start? It has to be one or the other! You should invest in a fuel pressure tester and a spark tester. You can ignore the jumped timing scenario! If it jumped timing, the engine would run poorly at all times! Post back with your findings.

OKAY. Here we go.
I drove my car to a shop.Mechanics checked it out and told me it was the CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. I said fix it.
Went to get the car,paying almost 300.00. Drove it to work,44 miles round trip.Car hesitated a little,thought maybe just my imagination.It ran fine to and from work.Got in it the next day and NOTHING. Crank,crank,crank.NADA.
Called the shop and the mech. says well I got a code reading there was no pulse signal to the injectors,blah blah blah. So we assumed it was the CRANKSHAFT SENSOR.

Now before I took this car to them it would run and maybe die on you,but always start again.Now it wont do nothing but crank over.
Mech said I'll check it some more.But it might be the fuel pump,because I can't get it to pump fuel out of the lines. I told him I replaced the fuel pump.
I'm thinking 300.00 and this is it????? I already knew all this.

Now I'm thinking,Is the pump I installed bad? was it just the crank sensor? and should I reinstall the old pump?

Thanks for lending an ear or 2