85 5000S fuel pump short?

[Richard J. Andrews]

oxygen sensor heater...

if this car even has one.

-rich
'86 4kq
At 02:48 PM 4/19/02, you wrote:
>My friends audi has an intermittent short somewhere in
>the fuel pump circuit. Sometimes it runs fine. When it
>doesn't, I remove the pump relay and jumper it, but
>the wire just sparks like it's going to ground
>(I jumpered the fuse too so it wouldn't instantly
>blow).
>
>Pulled the pump, and am wondering:
>what's its resistance supposed to be (I'm getting 0)?
>Is the case supposed to be isolated from the circuit?
>On this one there's no resistance between the
>terminals and the case.
>
>If it's not the pump that's at fault, are there any
>"problem areas" that are particularly susceptible
>to shorting?
>
>Thanks
>
>
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