[V8] Fuel Pump Failure Modes

[Ron Wainwright]

Yup, sounds about rite. This happened to me on my ol
Pearl beast slowing down to stop at a light..car just
died on me. It restart, & I got past the intersection
before it died again. I poured 3 bottles of water on
the bellhousing, car restart & I got it home the rest
of the way. Granted I was literally only 2 minutes
away from my house. 
 The next day I ordered the 2 sensors from
Bruce..never had a problem after.

 Ron

--- 32vquattro <allanvega at comcast.net> wrote:

> I with you corbram, But I believe its the engine
> speed sensor, not the crank 
> sensor (i.e. it died while he was drivinf it) Allan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <cobram at juno.com>
> To: <urq at pacbell.net>
> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] Fuel Pump Failure Modes
> 
> 
> > When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.
>  ;-)
> > What the other guys said, only I'd lean more
> towards the usual.  This is
> > THE symptom of a bad reference sender.  When bad,
> the sender sends a
> > signal when cold, but opens the circuit when hot,
> no signal=no run.
> >
> > The location of the fuse box on lesser type 44's
> seems to be a major
> > contributing factor to the early demise and
> corrosion of contacts for the
> > Fuel Pump Relay.  I have had the Fuel Pump Relay
> problem noted, but not
> > while running or on any of the V8Q's.  To rule it
> in/out keep a piece of
> > wire with 2 spade connectors handy, when/if the
> car dies, jumper the
> > Relay and see what happens...I suspect nothing,
> but still hoping it's
> > that, since it's the easiest of the fixes.
> >
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > Disney World - a people trap operated by a mouse.
> >
> > urq <urq at pacbell.net> writes:
> >
> >> Driving home from an errand yesterday afternoon
> and #2 completely
> >> lost power.
> >
> >>I was thinking the fuel
> >> pump had died, but last night I went to move the
> car a bit and tried
> >> starting it just for the heck of it ... and it
> started just fine.
> >> This is making me wonder if the problem was the
> fuel pump or not.
> >
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