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Could be multiple issues.
#1 Is there gas in the tank? #2 is it bad gas ? (car sitting awhile) may need to put HEET in it and put in some good gas. You may have water in your fuel line. #3 is your fuel pump working? Your fuel pump relay may be bad. Hard to answer online.
Sounds like your battery is good and you are getting spark? I'd ask a local mechanic to take a look & trouble shoot.
Carry to mechanic who can check fuel pump output. Some fuel pumps work ok when idling but don't put out enough pressure when trying to accelerate. Pressure is the key. They can check it.
If it is turning over but not starting, I would put it in a warm garage and let it thaw out for awhile or out gasline antifreeze in the gas tank and let sit for couple of hours turning the key on periodically to pump gas into libes with the deicer because it sounds like a frozen gas line. Let me know if we need to go further
Sounds like you have bad gas. Gas goes bad after a couple months of sitting. I've gone through plenty of other options when trying to figure out this same problem, and it turned out to be the easiest problem of having old gas. Try running fresh gas straight into the fuel pump and see if it turns over then.
No the fuel pump will not fail more than once. When a fuel pump goes out it just goes. Will not work after that what so ever. Sounds like bad gas lines. I had this problem. I replaced my old gas line after the old one cracked when I did this I cut the new on to long. When I put my tank back on the old one pinched. It would run fine for a few min then sputter and die as the gas in the line ran out. I let it sit for a min and more gas filled the line and would start the process over. Try replacing the fuel lines and make sure they are cut to the right length and do not kink when the tank is on. It could also be a dirty petcock. I had let my bike sit for 6 months while in another state and the gat tank got dirty somehow. I got it running and same problem putters and dies. Neighbor took out the petcock and used an air hose to clean it out and it worked like new.
It shouldn't have a electric fuel pump. What I would do first is take the gas tank off. Take the fuel line off. Drain the gas tank. blow thru the fuel line.put all back on and fill with gas and try again. I'm guessing it sat for awhile. when gas sits for awhile it gets tarnished.any little bit od debris that was in the gas tank could plug the fuel line. Hope that helps You out.
My 98 Jimmy runs on synthetic oil and starts well after sitting in cold weather. If the weather is the problem, try checking that. If it is warm... sorry no ideas.
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