Chad a few comments that may help: 1) If the wire to the fuel pump shorted to the chassis it is not surprising that the relay got fried - it would be a direct short of the 12 volts to ground through the relay. 2) The fuel pump relay is controlled from your ECU. The ECU supplies the ground connection when it turns ON the pump. It is possible that the relay blow up affected the ECU but I suspect that you just lost the ground connection from the ECU to your fuel pump relay - possible the ECU is not grounded very well. Switching the ECU may have just re-established the ground. 3) It would be interesting to see what happens when you put the original ECU back in. Good luck, Tom 84 1.9L Westy Chad G wrote: > > Now here is my question, is this just a freak coincidence that the wire to > the pump broke and then shortly after the ECU friend itself? Is there some > sort of connection in the ECU that controls the fuel pump??? Also, about a > month ago I blew a fuel pump relay. Do you think there is something strange > here that I'm overlooking??? > > thanks, > Chad 85GL |
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