Changing fuel pump in a 1996 Riviera
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two things can happen to cause your issues, there is something drawing too much current,which takes out relays and fuses. either one- the power wire to the pump is sporadically shorting to ground (chaffed wires to ground), or two- your pump is drawing too much current, which motors do after they start to wear out. i would lean toward the first one though because you said the one time it was blowing fuses with the pump unplugged
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Just wondering if it is the fuel pump causing the problems. But the car drives great and when I hit the gas it does not hesitate or miss. I think you are right and thinking its wiring issues over anything to do with the pump.
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two things can happen to cause your issues, there is something drawing too much current,which takes out relays and fuses. either one- the power wire to the pump is sporadically shorting to ground (chaffed wires to ground), or two- your pump is drawing too much current, which motors do after they start to wear out. i would lean toward the first one though because you said the one time it was blowing fuses with the pump unplugged
I do belive there is a short somewhere so that will be my starting point is tracking wires down. But need to get a new relay and restart my detecting points in hopes to get it figured out.
Thanks for the advice on it
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Hello, here is a update: I pulled the relays out and the fuel pump fuse popped. So its now blowing with the relay removed. So the problem I think is between the the Ignition and fuel pump fuse.
yesterday when the car died it was idling when I got to N/* train yard. I parked it and left it running. I was inside the building no more than 20 minutes. When I got back to it I noticed it died. I tried to restart it. It didnt start. I rechecked the fuses. Found the pump fuse popped. I changed it. the new fuse popped upon turning the key. I placed another fuse. Car started for 30 seconds then that fuse popped.
Today I removed the relays and replaced the fuse and turn the key and it popped the fuses with the fuel pump relay out.
yesterday when the car died it was idling when I got to N/* train yard. I parked it and left it running. I was inside the building no more than 20 minutes. When I got back to it I noticed it died. I tried to restart it. It didnt start. I rechecked the fuses. Found the pump fuse popped. I changed it. the new fuse popped upon turning the key. I placed another fuse. Car started for 30 seconds then that fuse popped.
Today I removed the relays and replaced the fuse and turn the key and it popped the fuses with the fuel pump relay out.