These relays are a dime (or less) a dozen at pick and pull junkyards. No reason to not have spares. Larry A.
On 9/16/07, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > This is false. BOTH relays are needed for the fuel pump to run. > > One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch. > > The other relay turns on the fuel pump, controlled by the ECU. > > If you put a bad relay into the ECU relay position, the ECU will not > turn on and then it CAN'T turn on the fuel pump relay. > > This bad info is even in the WIKI, where many others can be "helped" by > it. > > Mark > > > > > This has been discussed recently. The consensus is that the fuel pump > relay > > is probably not working. There are two identical relays in the system. > One > > is called power supply relay. And the other is the fuel pump relay. If I > name > > them incorrectly please correct me. Basically you can swap the two and > see > > if it makes any difference to help identifying the problem. > > > >............... > |
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