I have a 2000 mercury mountaineer it cranks but will not start ive replaced the battery and i put a new starte9in it 6 months ago

Are you getting spark to the plugs ?

hi,

watch your oil pressure when cranking, you have to have some oil pressure to get the fuel system to start. you may have to find the hot wire at the relay and energize it to see if it is indeed the fuel pump going out. if its been sitting and its a 97 the fuel pump just might have went, you can also try hitting the gas tank from the outside in the middle to see if that works too. have a water hose or fire extinguisher around when your working on fuel system and leave one of your battery cable a little loose..

jm

Needs a new battery i think from the sound of it ,No reserve amps available to crank engine

I'm going to first assume that you've checked the battery terminals for gunk build-up. If the electrical system is OK, then the problem likely lies in the gas delivery. You might want to check out the starter anyway. Also, replace the fuel filter and put some Sea Foam or equivalent carb/electric ignition jet cleaner in the gas tank. I might add that your car is 17 years old. Start looking. . .

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use jumper cables to test the battery cables put one from the starter to the battery if no change the starter wold be bad

check if the negative terminal of your ignition coil is connected to the condenser of your distributor.
also, make sure that the negative terminal of the ignition coil is not connected to the negative terminal of the battery / body ground.

You need to replace the battery

Try checking the starter it may be bad.

check the spark plug wires, put water in a spray bottle and spray along the wires,especially by the coil,if the car starts to run bad or you see sparks, the wires are no good, hope this helps, Ray