Return of the No-Start 4kq

Kneale Brownson kneale at coslink.net
Sat Jun 18 11:18:52 EDT 2005


I jumpered the fuel pump relay today and the pump runs.  So I put the relay
back in and the car started OK.  When I had similar experiences with my
200q20v, I ended up having to replace the relay and then having the pump
fail a few weeks later.  My surmise was that the pump going out caused the
relay to fail.  Should I expect the same here?  Should I get all the pump
"fixings" ala Huw's report on renewal of his system and prepare to replace
everything on the fuel pump tray?  What relay can I use for the 4kq?  The
contacts configuration on my spare 200 relay is different from the one on
the 4kq.

At 08:23 PM 6/17/2005 -0400, Kneale Brownson wrote:
>The wife's 4kq that had the funky starter wiring and a no-start-when-hot
>experience has been starting just fine ever since I replaced the funky
>parts of the wiring.
>
>Today we had another no start event.  This time, while she was turning the
>key, I had my hand on the fuel pump and could feel no activity.  Thing used
>to Hum  (Not an Huw tune, I'm sure) quietly when running.  I can't find a
>fuel pump relay like in the 5k/200 cars I've got.  Is there a fuel pump
>relay?  Am I most likely looking at a new fuel pump?  It's very rusty
>looking there.  What should I replace with the fuel pump while I'm at it?



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