[Fwd: Re: Difficulty starting - '90 80]

[Keith Sturtz]

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Subject: 	Re: Difficulty starting - '90 80
Date: 	Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:48:42 -0800
From: 	Keith Sturtz <syfer at mindspring.com>
To: 	audi at humanspeakers.com
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<424A1BA5.30204 at humanspeakers.com>



If you jump the relay and it is a bad rely it will start and run

Huw Powell wrote:

>
>> I'm still leaning towards a bad fuel pump relay
>
>
> or one that isn't staying "on" for some reason.
>
> Test by removing and using a fused jumper between the two "big" slots 
> in the panel.  if car works fine then, try another good relay, if you 
> can, before buying a new one.
>
> It sure sounds like the pump is coming on, then turning off, leaving 
> the engine to run briefly on the built up pressure - or just to run 
> until the pump stops running.  Some of the variability in running 
> times does seem to scream "bad fuel pump relay"...
>