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Originally Posted by edgemar View Post
I'm an electrical novice...how do I go about testing the electrical draw of the fuel pump. I want to figure out if excessive draw may have been the reason for a fuel pump relay failure. The relay heated up enough to where it melted the plastic around the female part of the socket/harness. I want to figure out if I need to replace the pump.

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The melting of the plastic around the female part of the socket/harness could have been caused by a bad contact there between the relay prongs and the socket. A bad contact can heat up the connection and melt the socket.
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