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Old 10-01-03, 06:30 PM
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fuel pump gremlin

I've been having FP issues. With the key on the FP was not working.

I took it out and sprayed some carb cleaner in it to wash it out. I then connected some wires from the battery to the pump and it came on. I plugged it back up under the car and now it doesn't work again.

I checked the female connector with my DC tester and I get a value of 320 something. Turn the key off and I get 0. Turn key back on 320, plug in the FP and it goes to 0.

Any answers?
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The fuel pump power comes from the trailing igniter
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what year is your car?
your fp relay might be bad if the trailing igniter is good
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It's an 85 gsl.

Where the hell is that relay?
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yeah I need help here too. sorry to thread jack. where is the relay???

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no problem,

anything to keep this thread at the top.


where is this FP relay?
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the fuel pump relay is mounted to the steering colum on the right side .
does your trailing spark working?
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ill have to check tomorrow.
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The gremlin has been contained.

This is basically a car i'm putting back together. I have no history on the car as i bought just several weeks ago.

So, i put the distributor on and connected all the pertinent wires and when i turn the key on the pump does not run. When I turn the engine over the pump runs for as long as the engine is turning.

Just for the record, I unplugged both connectors on the dist. and the pump will not run while turning the engine over. So the dist is necessary for the activation of the pump.

Thanks for all the replies......Scott
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