Q: No start condition

asked by on December 12, 2016

I received this 1991 cavalier z24 from a good friend who I grew up with. He purchased it 4 years ago with 140,000 miles on it and drove it daily for 4 years. 3 months ago he purchased another 1991 cavalier with a 3500 engine swap. He let this car sit and started it once in while. He asked me if I wanted it and told me it wasn't running. I towed it home, put a fresh battery in it and checked for fuel pressure, 60 psi on first key turn to on position and 65 when I cranked it over so I don't believe it's a fuel pump. I have yet to check for spark, but that's going to be next. I had noticed that the oil pressure sending unit up by the coil packs was unplugged as well as egr valve, I plugged both in and tried it hoping maybe simple, but wasn't the problem. I checked ecm fuse and all the others as well, any suggestions if it has good spark and still won't start?5

My car has 216000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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