87 pathfinder SE not starting...

[rallyracer]

I just got into a small accident where I clipped a rock on the embankment which bent my bumper in about 2 in. and dented in the fender. This about the extent of body damage. Having jerk left at the last min the rock clipped my rear tire and sheered the tie rod bolt off, which Ive replaced now. The impact didnt feel like it was very hard and it more redirected the vehicle than a front impact that would stop it. All this being said, afterward i drive about 100 feet and then it sputtered to a spot and I have not been able to start it since. I had half a tank of fuel and when I attempt to start the vehicle it sound just like it usually does but will not start up. I can hear the fuel pump for a couple of second when I turn the ignition on and then it stops. I thought it could be a fuel cut off switch but cant find anything about it for pathfinders. Ive tried disconnecting the battery for a day along with the safety relay switch( orange connector behind the passenger side kick panel. Any ideas? The vehicle ran awsome prior to this. I also seem to have a small coolant leak which looks like its coming from the water pump which was changed out 2 years ago. Cannot see any damage in the engine compartment, so impact could have been good enough to jar that as well. Thanks for any help

[Terranovation]

You say the rock clipped the rear tyre, maybe a part of the rock has knocked off a fuel hose line. If the truck went a short distance, sputtered then died, that sounds like fuel related. No fuelly to enginey = no goey.

[Slartibartfast]

I'll go out on a limb here and say that if the fuel line was disconnected, the smell and the puddle of fuel might tip you off pretty quickly.

 

Run the ECU codes on the off chance there's anything there. Make sure the ignition rotor is spinning when you try to crank (rules out a timing belt break, which is unlikely if it sounds normal as it cranks) and test for spark. The delay before it quit does sound like a fuel issue, but when I've pulled the fuel pump fuse on mine, it died way too fast to drive it anywhere. My motor's got a different injection system than yours, but I can't imagine the pressure being too different.

 

My best guess is that the motor rocked on its mounts (or off them, depending on the condition of your motor mounts) when you bounced off the rock and yanked some part of the wiring wrong. Check your fuses and fusible links--could be that wiring got mushed somewhere, shorted, and took the time it took you to drive that 100 feet to melt the fuse link.