Firez34

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Hi guy's scoobs a 1998 wagon. Cars ran fine no probelms until now for 16 months. It ran fine last night got in to take kids to school this morning and it started ran for 5 - 10 secs on tick over then cut out, it hasn't started since. Turns over just nothing else. Immobliser light goes out, check engine light goes out as soon as it starts cranking, fuel guage is reading a quarter of a tank which is about right as we put £20 in wednesday.

This is our only car and a daily driver can any of you guy's give me a list of things to check through. Cheers Steve.

d4vidh

Could be fuel pump wiring as I hear these can be an issue or the pump itself.

Firez34

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Cheers mate, Yep the live pump feed is dead no voltage reading on the red/black wire. Bypassed it to the battery(thanks huffy and kev) with a wire and it primed and started. Just need to figure out the best Ignition on live to connect to now and fit an inline fuse.

alcazar

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Have you checked, I mean PROPERLY checked the car's actual fuse?

Firez34

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Where about's is it locate alcazar?

jay-sti

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On newage it in fuse box in engine bay , sbf#5 30amp

Check to see if its same on classic , could be wrong i really dont know much about classics

alcazar

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Well, you learn something new every day: according to my '98 UK manual, classics don't HAVE a fuse for the fuel pump

How odd. I would have thought it needed fusing more than some things that do have fuses.

Firez34

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Couldn't find it in mine but I found the cause, up behind the dash one of the feeds to the relay Black and Yellow wire had snapped so I've just spent the last couple of hours soldering a new one in and tidying up the wiring up in there. All working, and no bodge. Thanks for your help guys.