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Fuel pump relay question 200

posted by  TONY H on  Wed Mar 17 06:06 CST 2010
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The pumps running continuous will not flood the engine. There is a return line to the tank. The fuel will just cycle back to the tank.
you may have a relay issue but you got something else going on as well.

You can resolder these relays very easily. Usually they fail from a solder connection breaking. It's very basic inside that white cover, nothing really scary. Is the gas tank below 1/2 when the 'no start' happened? There is a rubber hose in the tank at about the halfway point, they can crack and suck air when the tank reaches 1/2. If you happen to have about 1/2 tank, I 'd throw in another gallon and see if the car starts.

Maybe jumpering the pumps is helping draw a little more gas when trying to start it.



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