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Fuel pump blues

The car drove fine the other day. I parked it that night, and the next day the car would not start. The car has a hot spark it gets oxygen. So if it gets these and doesn't start it might be fuel. The fuel filter was changed two months ago. I sprayed either in the air intake, and the engine started and then died. I listen to see if I could hear the fuel pump priming when I had my girlfriend turn the ignition. I got no buzzing sound. I then thought it might be a bad fuel relay. Since it is an 88 I jumped fuse #5 to #7 to bypass the relay and did not hear the fuel pump buzzing. Does that rule out the relay? If so then is it the fuel pump. If so which one? I have already droped the fuel tank and removed the intank fuel pump, and noticed that the strainer has a rip in it. Normally I would just change both pumps, but i have a really limited buget and need to know what exactly to replace.

p.s. I cleaned all terminals in the fuse panel before I tried anything

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    Fuel pump blues

    Check your 25 amp fuel injection system fuse in the engine compartment, and it's connection at the positive terminal of the battery. Both can corrode ( or blow in the case of the fuse) and be show stoppers.








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    Fuel pump blues

    I'm not positive about the currect Fuses to Jump. If you jumped the correct oones then 'Yes' it bypasses the Relay. The Main Pump (next to theh filter on the later 200's) would be the No Start culprit.
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    '75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me







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