Thread: HELP ! Fuel rail shooting gasoline out

This is my first post on this forum. I was a part of clubgp years and years ago. Anyway, my 2000 Grand Prix GTP has not been started in about 6 years, it's original problem was a bad fuel pump (or so I believe).

This weekend I replaced:

Fuel pump
Fuel filter
Coolant Flush
Battery
Oil change
Spark Plugs (Auto Lite)
I used Marvel's Mystery Oil To lubricate the pistons
& I also pulled the ICM Sensor to crank the engine before attempting to start it.

The car has about 110K miles on it but I replaced the engine shortly before I stopped driving it (Thanks Ed Morad!) with an L32 with about 15K miles on it. When I cranked the engine, I could hear the Pistons moving and I know that's a good thing.

TLDR START HERE;

When I attempt to start the car, gasoline literally shoots out of the Bleeder (Schader) Valve on the fual rail... Like 4 feet high (At least I know the pump works !). Why would this be? I tried to google answers but it's a no go. Should I replace the valve (I googled the valve but can only find the A/C one; can it even be replaced? Fuel pressure regulator? I also fear that I may have accidentally damaged a fuel line when I jacked up the car to replace the fuel filter, part of one of the lines was under the jack. It looks undamaged but maybe I missed something?

Any information or help would be GREATLY appreciated. I can't wait to start driving this car, again.

push the pin inside in and out a few times, then turn the key to run, see if that makes it tight again. mine got stuck down once too. fiddled with it, all good.

lol you got good pressure then. seems like it was fine when parked, so id think its just stuck down a bit. give it a fiddling see if it stops leaking. dont be scared to move the pin side to side either, theres a seat valve in there, could be crusty from sitting.

it's the same basic thing as a tire valve. A little working it like Scott says is likely to fix it.

I know this isnt helpful but this post made my day. Thank you. I'm glad you got it fixed.

Originally Posted by GTPROTOTYPE

I suppose it was stuck. I pressed it down once (as I had many times the day before) and now it's fine. Go figure

now dont touch it again, dont even look at it hard. after i posted i recalled what rail i had on that was doing the same. it was used one that had been off a car for who knows how long, years is my guess. i cut it up to make a custom fuel rail.