Fuel pump wont fire up
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Fuel pump wont fire up
Hi
If anyone can help , drove my rally car into my workshop yesterday after it was washed outside , started ok , drove about 30yds and it cut out , I thought it had run out of fuel , put fuel in today and it wouldn't start , realised that the fuel pump wont prime , I have taken the pump out of the tank and it works fine with a live and neutral off a battery , When I switch the power on I have 10 volts at the plug for about 10 seconds that connects to the pump , but when you turn the ignition on and off the pump doesnt work at all , anyone have any idea's ??
Cheers Ian
If anyone can help , drove my rally car into my workshop yesterday after it was washed outside , started ok , drove about 30yds and it cut out , I thought it had run out of fuel , put fuel in today and it wouldn't start , realised that the fuel pump wont prime , I have taken the pump out of the tank and it works fine with a live and neutral off a battery , When I switch the power on I have 10 volts at the plug for about 10 seconds that connects to the pump , but when you turn the ignition on and off the pump doesnt work at all , anyone have any idea's ??
Cheers Ian
Last edited by Godspeed Brakes; 02 April 2009 at 08:22 PM.
#4
hiya mate is your pump a standard one? if not 10 volts might not be enough to kik the pump over. if not you might have got water in a connection or something on the feed for the pump causing a bad connection. can you read voltage when power is under load i had this problem with mine. it was loosing power under load because of a bad connection. i bought a set of very fine power probes to go on my multi meter to test when it was plugged in. dunno if this will help but thought id say
#7
Hi Ian,
I had a similar problem with mine a couple of months ago. It turns out I had water in the ECU causing it to do funky stuff. It was a apexi PFC which aren't enclosed like the oe ones.
Might be worth checking?
Mike
I had a similar problem with mine a couple of months ago. It turns out I had water in the ECU causing it to do funky stuff. It was a apexi PFC which aren't enclosed like the oe ones.
Might be worth checking?
Mike
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If all you have done is start and drive it in id be tempted to start with the easy things first, if you had been on some rally stage and got a jolt then maybe something else, also it was under cover so Im not to keen on the water in ecu theory at this time.
hth
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Ian it shows as being driverside, footwell or around the fuse box area on auto data, you maybe able to hear it when u turn the ignition on to the 2nd stage and it would normally prime the system,
Sherman, I had missed the washed bit so cant rule it out but its easier to start with a few fuses and relays first, but your correct its worth lifting the carpet and checking.
Sherman, I had missed the washed bit so cant rule it out but its easier to start with a few fuses and relays first, but your correct its worth lifting the carpet and checking.
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