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Crank No Start. Spark and Fuel Pump are Good

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I am working on a 1996 Impala SS with 180K Miles. I have a crank no start issue. Car runs with starter fluid, but nothing after that.

I uploaded a video on YouTube to give a 1st hand look

So far: New Battery, New Fuel Pump Relay, Fuel Pump Working, spark confirm, fuel injector fuse in tact, fuel being delivered to engine, no fuel pressure at Schrader valve..
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please always use a fuel pressure gauge. Pumping gas into the engine compartment like that is extremely risky.

Can you post a video with your phone directly below the gas tank while you turn the ignition on? I want to hear how the fuel pump sounds.

I have learned the hard way on these cars and others that just because you can hear a fuel pump running doesn’t mean it’s producing usable pressure.
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Got it. Fuel pump sounds healthy but it's not loading up (RPMs start out high but then they should drop as pressure builds). Based on that, I don't think it's the fuel filter clogged. I'd drop the tank and verify that there's not a leak between the pump and the top of the sending unit. If the sending unit has been replaced, there's a known issue that the newer sending units used a rubber hose not rated for 43psi, and it splits after 300 miles. You'll get exactly the behavior you're seeing here.

If you drop the tank and find a ruptured hose, this is the part you may need: Goodies Speed 75114.
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@arnoldsmind no. Follow my instructions above; disconnect the fuel lines and filler neck and drop the tank.
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Agree with @95wagon. You're gonna have to drop the tank.

One trick to empty the tank on these cars is to disconnect the fuel filter connection, put a hose over that line and aim the hose into a gas can. There's a red jumper next to the underhood fusebox, put 12V on that and it'll turn the fuel pump on. Use that to pump the tank out.
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Or you could just drop the tank already... The pressure gauge is not going to tell you anything you don't already know.
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How long had this car been sitting before you started working on it?
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I’ll see myself out.

How about some pictures of the car?
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