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1993 ford festiva

Car has spark but won't start does the fuel pump have to run when you turn the key to on or can it run when you crank the engine

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Fuel pump should run for about 3 seconds when ya turn on key. After that it will run after the engine starts.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 25, 2008

SOURCE: 1993 Acura - intermittent fuel pump operation (no start)

HI...
The common cause of the problem that you related.
Is the FUEL PUMP RELAY " Called MAIN RELAY.
Is located : left side under the dash.
Is a BIG relay gray colour. with a connector of 7 or 8 wires.
I recomend replace the relay.

And letme know if you solve your problem.

I hope this information work on your problem.
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 26, 2008

SOURCE: 1992 ford ranger 3.0

i was once pulling a trailer with a ranger when it suddenly lost power and the engine died. turns out the problem was with the fuel shut off inertia switch. the switch is supposed to activate in case of accident. on my model the inertia switch is located in the passenger side under the glove box. dont know where yours is located. once you find it, just push the button and see if it resets. good luck.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 25, 2009

SOURCE: 1993 Ford Festiva Engine won't stay running

Just a little suggestion. IF this is a 1993 it is fuel injected.the car starts and runs for a few seconds and then dies. You are on the right track by checking the spark and fuel delivery. If you have both of these when it dies i would check injector pulse. the use of a noid light would be the quickes method.They can be purched at the parts house for pretty cheep.If you have no injector pulse then it cuts the fuel off to the engine.Replace the ignition module (contols spark and injector pulse) i have ran across a few that will lose only one of the outputs, insted of both of them. Now if you have fuel and fire, i would check to see if the cat. converter is damaged or cloged thus restricting the exhaust and stalling the engine. Hope this helpes.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 01, 2009

SOURCE: ford telstar ignition coil f-694 and igniter deliver no spark

your distributor modual needs replacing

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  • Posted on May 04, 2009

SOURCE: 1993 Ford Tempo cranks but does not start. Has spark.

REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP, VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THE TEMPO.

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