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Old 07-19-2010, 09:00 PM
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Fuel pump fuse keeps blowing, can I bypass the old wire from the power control to the fuel pump? Any ideas what it can be?
 
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Old 07-19-2010, 09:21 PM
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sure you can just bypass it

my idea is you have an abnormally high amount of current going through the circuit
 
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Old 07-19-2010, 10:22 PM
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I'm thinking the power wire from the fuse back has a short and is killing the fuse. I think I'll test it tomorrow with the multi meter to see if the current is open or not. Going to test it from the pump end.
 
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Old 07-20-2010, 08:28 AM
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i think your right. but it's pretty rare for that to just magically happen without some event taking place to mess it up.. like some rookie hacking in a stereo or doing some off-roading
 
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Check the down stream o2 sensor that has a tendancy to melt and ground out on the exhaust
 
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Old 07-27-2010, 08:10 PM
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Just got around to checking it today. Started with the O2 sensor as recomended by DOHCgarrett t3. Guess what I found skined up bare wires taped them up and put a fuse in and it fired right up. Thanks a bunch I would have wasted alot of time trying to find that. Going to do a good fix on it before I start driving it.
 
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Old 07-27-2010, 11:15 PM
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Not a problem you can thank Das and Spud for teaching me to look there.
 



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