What's up with my fuel jumper, I connect the 2 ends with wire, turn the ignition to on, and the fuel pump won't operate.

the fuel jumper was grounded to the strut tower - not sure it that's right.

ideas?

 

Grounds can go anywhere. The strut tower is metal, and has connection to the battery ground via the chassis. The ground should be fine, just as long as the chassis ground is solid.

 

OK, but any ideas as to why my fuel jumper won't operate the fuel pump?

 

got it working, still no leak, still smell gas, I think it's coming out of the tube that connects to the oil filler cap.

 

Check your Pulsation Dampner?

Can you see the fuel?

Might have to take off your upper intake manifold.

 

Be VERY careful when working around this stuff. It's alot easier than you think to cause an uncontrollable fire.

Good luck, hope you find where the fuel is leaking.

Let us know!

 

I have the intake off, with the fuel pump running, the fuel rails, including the pulsation damper and pressure regulator, are all bone dry. (I let it run for awhile)

So no leak found as of yet.

I think I've traced a fuel smell to the crankcase evaperator, that little tube coming out of the oil filler. Is this normal?

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Also (if you've read this far), if I can't find a leak when testing with the fuel pump jumped and intake off, can I be confident that there is no leak?
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It isn't. The plug has two pins. You put the jumper wire from one pin to the other, not to the chassis.

 

if you have the same problem as my self my friend and i were replacing my fuel pump with a walbro and to make a long story short after about 2 hours of rechecking things we found out it needs a crank signal to start working

 

hence it needs you to try to start it

 

no that is what the fuel pump jumper is for. talked about in half the posts here

as NZ posted above. you don't ground it. you go from one pin to the other

 

Just for the record, my fuel jumper only worked when I jumped the 2 connecters AND grounded them at the same time.