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I need some electrical help...
OK, first and foremost, none of my wiring is STOCK. Everything is custom....
I'm blowing fuel pump relays (30amp). Where/how can I start to track this down.... I'd assume a grounding issue of some kind? Front fuel pump is 6 months old or so, rear fuel pump is old, not sure how old... Does anyone know the gauge of wire that should go to the positive/negative terminals on the fuel pumps? If so, I'll purchase some wire and re-wire to those points... Brian
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Brian, it's highly unlikely that your wiring has gone bad.. Get a buddy, unhook your battery and with a meter start tracing things down..
I suggest starting at the relays...
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05-15-2007, 01:59 PM
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Compare ohms of front pump to rear ?
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Then make yourself a looooong jumper cable so you can take some measurments... Something is shorted,, might be your fuel pump, good luck!!
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Am I measuring number of ohms across the terminals of the pump while it has power? (I'm not an electrical guru....)
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Don't measure while it's powered - you must have one terminal disconnected. The meter will measure the path of least resistance(current divider) - which would be another portion of your harness to ground.
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Just curious, what was the last thing done to your car? Has this all come about (the fuses blowing) since the engine has gone back in...post rebuild? I hate electrical problems. I have good success with working backwards...i.e.: it used to work fine, now it don't what did I last touch?
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yes pretty much last thing was putting engine back in.... I guess I'll pull it back out and see if problem goes away (kidding)Brian
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I'm by no means an electrical expert, so I asked some of the guys at work.
The first thing they asked is what do mean by blowing the relay? Are the contacts welding closed so the pump won't turn off or is it burning up the wiring in the relay? They said it's most likely a problem with the pump drawing too many amps. Put your amp meter in series on one of the pump leads to check it.
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When I turn on power to the car, the fuel pump relay is triggered by the ECU and should run for like 15 secs or so. What happens is, it will run for 1-2 seconds and cut out, and after that, power never makes its way to the fuel pumps. If I turn off power, and back on, same thing, it will run for 1-2 secs, then die. Relay is getting hot.
thanks for all the tips guys... keep 'em coming, just give me as much detail as you can... Its gotta be something simple.... Brian
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How are your relays wired?
I used my stock fuel pump relays. Behind the fuse panel, I pulled out the two wires that sent the signal to the relays (blue and brown/red) and wired them to the ECU. Everything's been fine so far.
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yeah, everything's been pretty much fine on mine for almost 3 yrs, just started blowing them....
I have a separate Fuse Block and relay block (2 relays, 1 for fuel pumps, 1 for coils). When ECU turns on it powers fuel relay for 15secs, then it powers relay when ECU is "running", meaning engine is running. There is a power lead from the harness/relay to the fuel pump(s). This lead goes to a fuse block and I have each pump on a separate fuse... Probably doesn't make sense... Brian
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If it's been fine and now it's not, sounds like a pump problem. Have they gotten louder? If they're starting to lay down, they start drawing more amps to run. I can't find the correct amps right now, but 4 amps comes to mind.
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Front pump is new (less than 6 months old - Bosch OEM pump)
Rear pump not sure how old... I'll try to measure the amps on each one tonight.... Brian
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I guess an easy way to see which one is blowing the relay would be to disconnect each one individually from the fuse block and see what I get...
Hadn't thought of that until now... (kinda slow on this electrical stuff I'm tellin ya) Brian
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If the pump is drawing too much current it should blow the fuse. I sounds like the ECU is cutting out first. So I would measure the voltage coming out of the ECU to the pumps and see if it is the ECU's fault.
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+ & - or L & N or + & Earth. You then set your meter to read the ohms. X1 or X2 (depending on the meter) is not very sensitive. You can then try moving up the sensitivity to X10 or X20. Things like temp sensors usually need meter to be set at X1000 or X2000. The lower the ohms the more current is being consumed. Compare a courtesy light bulb to a headlamp bulb. Measuring current is probably much more accurate but I am more used to working on 240V AC hehehe. I prefer to work with the power off
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Thanks Dean (and Nathan)
Looks like the ECU is sending 11.94 volts to the Relay... Brian
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