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water in fuel relay - shorted out relay twice 200 1987

posted by  FitzFitzgerald on  Wed May 19 20:37 CST 2004
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A small leak at the bottom of your windshield can easily be the culprit for a flooded relay (and it's even happened on my '87 245 once). You'll notice that the original relay (should have) had a brass clip/hook attachment so that you could clip it to a tab on the firewall. The factory position for this relay was with the wires pointing down, -thus preventing it from flooding if water should seep in. If you leave the relay hanging upside down from the wiring harness, a little bit of water coming down the bundle will run right into it.

FYI, if you have the newer style of 240 windshield (starting in '89 or '90), you shouldn't have sealing issues. If you have an older vehicle and the windshield needs to be replaced at some point, tell the autoglass technician that the car is a '93. The windshield bracket on the car didn't change (it's the same '75-'93), -just the sealing method that comes on the windshield itself (improved flush-fit style with no leaky trim ring).

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
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'87 Blue 245, NA 238K






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