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I just replaced the fuel pump. when i turn on the ignition i cant hear the fuel pump come on. you can drive down the road and all at once it will die, then u turn the key on and off a few time and it will crank back and it just repeats that over and over. would could cause this to happen?

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Did you check for leaks. Also did you change the fuel filter. The pump goes bad and could be a bad pump. If the filter is clogged when removed try blowing through it. If you can't guess that burned the pump up. Check the plug connector to the pump also. And check the ground wire to the frame they get rusty and or wire breaks and could be the shorting issue

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When you turn the key to start, the PCM provides ground to the control coil side of the fuel pump relay to close the contacts to provide a 2-second prime. When you turn to start, it fully grounds the control coil and the contacts provide power to the pump. Swap the fuel pump relay with another relay of the same size and type and see if that helps. If it doesn't you've got a wiring issue and it's usually an intermittent ground. The ground for the fuel pump relay is behind the left front kick panel near driver's left foot

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SOURCE: 1992 Mercedes Benz, 190E, 2.6 engine died when idle. Won't start.

check your airfilter. your dirt road is killing it much faster than driving it on pavement

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  • Posted on Jun 05, 2009

SOURCE: ford explorer no fuel coming through

disconnect fuel filter on flow side turn key on if it spits fuel you should check the sparkplugs and injectors for propper spray pattern

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 11, 2009

SOURCE: 93 Ford Probe won't start, possible fuel pump?

Fuel filters are cheap (less than $20.00 for the premium filter at Napa) and easy. If you've never changed it, you should do it anyway. It would at least make sure that it's not the filter if the problem still exists. On the bonus, you've got a new fuel filter.

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  • Posted on Jun 15, 2009

SOURCE: truck cuts off while driving down the road.

Replace the TFI module. Ford back in 1986 thur 1993 had problems like the one you wrote about. TFI module gets hot and shuts car or truck off then when it cools sometmies starts and sometimes not.

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  • Posted on Dec 20, 2009

SOURCE: ford festiva just dies while going down the road

i had many problems with what i thought was my starter/ignition and replaced my alternator and battery. tho they were helpful, ultimately the problem was a small fusible link that had needed to be replaced, as it was over heating and when it would it would stop whatever electrical signal was imperitive to the car actually running. if i was driving and the wire over heated, it would stop running right on the road. i just used some 12 AWG stranded wire and it stopped stalling.i discovered it by accident when i touched the wire and noticed it was excessively hot and worn down. it was located in the upper right hand corner under the hood, where there are 3 wires, brown and black.

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