ironmoo
Well-known member
Question:
Is there anything else that can kill the fuel pump electrically?
Yesterday without warning the car would not start. Upon turning the key, no familiar whirring sound from the rear of the car just before starting.....
...and a dead gas gauge. No movement from the needle.
-Car is cranking fine.
-No gas up front at the injectors.
Today:
Replaced the Fuel Pump relay. Found the connectors covered with a black gooey grease. Cleaned up easy and connected to brand new relay.
-Checked/cleaned the rear harness connection at the tank.
-The fuse looks okay in the fuse box.
-Made sure I had gas in the tank. But did notice some small white-ish material floating as I did stirred up the bottom of the tank with the clear syphon hose.
Next step seems to be replacing the Fuel Pump.
Since the gas gauge is not working, I may clean all the lines and replace the filter just case a clog killed the pump.
Question:
Is there anything else that can kill the fuel pump electrically? Although I went through the manuals, wonder if I missed a another relay or similar.
Only thing replaced recently was a wiper-override switch and the car ran fine with it.
Am I missing something here?
The car is very reliable so the it just dying this way caught me off-guard. (But glad it was parked in the garage when it died!) :L
Thanks ahead for your thoughts!
-MOo!
Is there anything else that can kill the fuel pump electrically?
Yesterday without warning the car would not start. Upon turning the key, no familiar whirring sound from the rear of the car just before starting.....
...and a dead gas gauge. No movement from the needle.
-Car is cranking fine.
-No gas up front at the injectors.
Today:
Replaced the Fuel Pump relay. Found the connectors covered with a black gooey grease. Cleaned up easy and connected to brand new relay.
-Checked/cleaned the rear harness connection at the tank.
-The fuse looks okay in the fuse box.
-Made sure I had gas in the tank. But did notice some small white-ish material floating as I did stirred up the bottom of the tank with the clear syphon hose.
Next step seems to be replacing the Fuel Pump.
Since the gas gauge is not working, I may clean all the lines and replace the filter just case a clog killed the pump.
Question:
Is there anything else that can kill the fuel pump electrically? Although I went through the manuals, wonder if I missed a another relay or similar.
Only thing replaced recently was a wiper-override switch and the car ran fine with it.
Am I missing something here?
The car is very reliable so the it just dying this way caught me off-guard. (But glad it was parked in the garage when it died!) :L
Thanks ahead for your thoughts!
-MOo!