[wachuku]

‘Preciate the responses fellas.

I cleared the codes.

The car cranks but still doesn’t start, nor does it produce any codes. So I guess the car is in the clear for whichever codes -- if any -- can be produced during cranking.

After I cleared the codes it seemed like the car was going to start right up -- for about a quarter second, and then it stalled. My best description is it seems like either no gas or no spark.

The driver’s analog control cluster lights up and indicates 3/4 tank of gas which I believe is accurate. I pushed on the rear of the car and heard liquid sloshing. There are no obvious leaks.

I did remove the drivers analog control panel recently, but the car seemed to operate perfectly immediately after I re-installed the cluster. Moreover I was careful not to turn the car on while the cluster was removed, because I didn't know what computer glitches might be generated with the odometer disconnected and I didn't want to find out "the hard way". Should I be double checking the cluster connections (remove dash again)?

Last summer I replaced the fuel filter at the 100,000 mile mark, and two summers ago I replaced the fuel pressure regulator (FPR) -- I think the symptoms with the FPR were that the car seemed to run rich, especially at start-up. Could a faulty FPR also cause a lack of gas?

To reiterate, symptoms began by the car not responding to throttle immediately after start-up. The fix was simply to restart. Then all of a sudden -- and for a very short period of time -- the car started stalling every 100 ft or so, similar to how a car might behave when an alt blows and the battery is on its last leg. Now the car won’t start at all, in spite of a new battery that was also supplemented by a jump from another idling vehicle. (It turns over just fine, but won't "catch").

The thing just "fell off a cliff". Saturday night I drove with my GF to a fund-raiser and everything seemed perfect -- other than the usual start-up problem, which, at the time, I assumed was due to a low battery charge. Very near to home on the way back however, it all of a sudden started stalling all the time. Luckily I go it home, and now it won't start at all.

Any more thoughts?