Hey Guys

A little help needed.

I have a 51 plate Fiesta with the Endura-E engine. I have just replaced an alternator on it because the old one seized and tried to set fire to the car. Because the battery is now a dirty white box with water in it I had to use my Mondeo TD to crank it over. She started but then immediately cut out and then refuses to start again. I filled it with a little fuel (£5) and then tried again but to no avail. To test for a spark I used a strobe while cranking over. It strobed so I can only assume that it has a spark. I looked at the fuel pump and it’s cylindrical and dirty but other than that I have no idea how to proceed. I don’t know if it is working because I can’t see (or feel) where the damn terminals are. It could be that part of the injection system isn’t working. Is there a procedure to diagnose this issue further? I have checked the fuses by the way.

Thanks for reading. Hope you can shed some light on my predicament.

Fuel pump that I inspected was actually a fuel filter.