*reowreowreowreow* ...She's dead, JIm.

[NikFu S.]

Tried heading out to work this morning, but the X would not start.

Same problem as usual, I turn the key and get nothing, so I tap it back and forth and it usually kicks in.
Not today. It just kinda faded away.
It's getting colder and the car sat all weekend so I figured the battery was just drained and the oil kinda thick.

I hooked up my portable jumpstarter/trickle charger and tried again.

It just kept crankin' like a bull.

I hitched a ride to work and I'm thinking about all day, I wonder if my fuel pump is shot?

Power is good. Starter might be worn (dunno how it works). I believe it would still start if I lost a coil.
The sound it made just had me thinking "fuel".

Thing is, a couple days ago I swear I smelled gas as I was driving along. You never know it could be some junker in front of you, and also ironically, I had just bought some oil and gas and oil smell the same to me. It could have been the oil, though the containers were sealed as far as I know.

I was also eating ... who knows.

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Here's what I need right now. I need to diagnose the problem.

The car cranks forever, so we can rule that out to spark and fuel, right?

I know there's some trick with a screwdriver to checking spark but I forget what to do, and I need to know the best place to disconnect a fuel line and see if there is pressure.