So my 89 2.3 ranger has been running great and starting right up, now I drove it from orur milking parlor to the calf barn about 1/16 of a mile well got do down there went to leve and no start it tried to but didnt put som gas in and it started, drow 100 feet tho the gas tank to put more in it and it did the same thing as before, im stupped as if now going to look into it tomorrow, any ideas of what might be happening? Thanks for the responses.

 

Maybe the fuel pump relay is going south.Try swapping it out.

 

I can hear the fuel pump kick on when I turn the key, but can the fuel relay still be going bad if the fuel pump does kick on? What exactly does the fuel relay do? Im going to check for spark and my friend told me to spray starting fluid in and see if it will start and then check the fuel filter. Thank you for your replt.

 

KISS
Check the basics then progress
Check
fuel pressure
Inertia
Fuel filter
then report back

 

So I have pressure and itll start if I spray starting fluid in it, and it started after I shut it off after it warmed up, and I changed the fuel fiter just to see what happened, it does also have residual pressure after I shut it off.