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The fuel pump is in the fuel tank. You have to remove the tank to get the pump out. I would check the fuel pressure with a gauge to make sure the pump was out just to be sure. Changing the pump is a lot of work, and checking the fuel pressure will let you know if you need a new pump.
A 2001
Mazda
Protege
(actually, all models from 1999-2003 including the DX, LX, ES, Mazdaspeed, and Protege 5)
does not have an inline fuel filter. The only fuel filter it has is a "strainer"
or a "screen", which looks like a nylon mesh "sock". This strainer is
connected to the fuel pump, located in the gas tank. Although this fuel
strainer does not require periodic replacement, it is recommended that
it be changed if you are replacing the fuel pump.
It could very well be that your fuel pump went bad. I am more inclined to say that the in tank fuel pump would go before before the relay . But you should find the fuel pmp relay under the hood near the main fuse box, if not in it.
Might want to chk. for a fuel pump relay or maybe a fuel shut off switch, when you just turn key to on position (not to start) you should hear pump run and then a click that click will be the relay, if you don't hear either one you May have to test light plug on pump to see if you got power there, also chk. your ground wire at pump.Its possible to have gotten a defective pump.
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