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> Fuel Pump Troubleshooting, I'm stumped
ThinAir
post Sep 17 2019, 07:12 PM
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Trying to get my car on the road for Red Rock Classic. It's not looking good.

I had an intermittent problem with the fuel pump not running, which at the moment seems to be no longer intermittent. I've successfully tested the pump by connecting it to a battery charger.

I've followed the steps in the two fuel pump diagnostic documents at Jeff Bowlsby's site (http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/zTN_FI_FPChecklist.pdf and http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/zTN_FI_FPChecklist2.pdf). They both fail at the point where it says I should wrap a wire around pin 87 and reinsert the relay. I get no power on the wire. Following the steps in the Brad Anders document, I don't have 12V on pin 86 and when I test pin 8 on the plug I have power so that means I have a faulty relay board trace.

My board was rebuilt last year by a member here who has a great reputation so I don't have any reason to doubt my relay board. I have also tested with 2 other relay boards as well as multiple relays - all with the same result.

It just doesn't make sense to me that 3 boards could all have the same issue. I'm stumped. Can anyone provide some additional things to check?
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post Sep 18 2019, 12:53 PM
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Grounding pin III does indeed cause the pump to run.

Using some tips from some other threads, I checked the voltage on Pin 14 with key off and pin 8 on the connector with key on. In both cases I got 12 V as I should.

I also checked continuity from pin 10 on the board to pin 86 on the FP relay socket, but got no continuity there on any of the boards which I have.

It still seems odd that I could have 3 bad relay boards. I've attached an image that I found in one of the threads. I've added my own notes in green for the locations of pins 10 & 86. Assuming that I've got that right, is the lack of continuity the problems with my boards?

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