[DMCForum] Re: very frustrated!! - starting problem

["Brian" <TK581@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the info!  Here's my situation thus far.

I have a full tank of fuel.  The sender is not working properly.  It 
shows a half tank of gas and I know it is full.  I did check the 
sender outside of the tank and it does respond to a dry test.  
(Perhaps the floater has a hole or it is too weighty?)

The rpm relay looks fine actually.  It is black and the contacts are 
clean and straight.  I wouldn't mind sending a pic so I know that I 
indeed am checking the correct thing.

NOw for the volt test.  I checked it and when the ignition is turner 
it jumped for a split second to 7-8 then back to 00.00  This may not 
be entirely accurate becasue it only flashed a charge for a split 
second and so I may not have read it right.  This tells me that 
perhaps a relay is bad or the ground is not good (am I on the right 
track?) My ground is attached well to the pump but I re-did it again 
anyways.  I looked in the relay compartment and I found that a good 
number of fuses were mismatched with the wrong numbers!!  So before 
I do anything else I'm going to make sure everything is in stock 
order as far as I can tell so I can rule out any funky electrical 
mayhem in the compartment.
By the way - the battery is charged at 11.8 or so...

stupid question... where is the inertia swtch?

thanks again!!

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> First, I'd like to say that the "click, click, click" is your RPM 
> relay. One of the contacts is bent just enough to resist the 
magnetic 
> pull of the relay and won't hold. I bought a brand-new one that 
did 
> exactly that. 2 seconds with a pair of needle-nose pliers and it's 
> been fine ever since. The relay is a timed, single-relay, double-
> contact type. Look in your manual to find it. If it's OEM, it's 
> green. My new one is black. Either way it's large and rectangular 
> with a large wiring harness plugged into it. You can pry the case 
off 
> the relay and observe it's behavior before you go bending anything.
> 
> Second, the sound of the fuel pump changes depending on how much 
fuel 
> you have in your tank (at least for me). How much gas do you have? 
Is 
> your sender working? Let's break it down a bit:
> 
> Electrically, check:
> 
> 1. Voltage at the pump. Jumper contacts 37 to 80 at the RPM relay. 
> Measure the voltage at the pump. Listen for noise while you're 
there. 
> 
> 2. No voltage? Check your fuel pump ground, your intertia safety 
> switch, and the RPM relay wiring harness.
> 
> Fuel system, check:
> 
> 1. Does the car fire off with a shot of starting fluid? If so, 
most 
> likely a loss of fuel pressure.
> 
> 2. No? Check for spark at a spark plug. Yes? No?
> 
> Post your results and we'll go from there.
> 
> Regarding your RPM relay again...for me, the contact that was 
> slipping in the relay was the one for the lambda relay and hence 
the 
> ECU. The fuel pump contact closed correctly and the fuel pump ran 
as 
> it should so the car would start and run. If you have the OPPOSITE 
> problem, your lambda relay contact is closed as it should be but 
your 
> FUEL PUMP contact is only closed intermittantly. This could be the 
> problem, as the fuel pump is "on/off, on/off on/off" but I've 
never 
> heard of it happening. Hell, I've never even heard of MY problem 
> happening to anyone else, let alone with a brand new relay like I 
> have. It's worth looking into as the RPM relay should be fixed 
anyway.
> 
> Rich A.
> #5335
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Brian" <TK581@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Well, over the past few weeks I revamped my fuel tank system 
with a 
> > new pump and lines!  It worked ut great and the car performs 
great 
> > (except for a few shutters here and there which I suspect may be 
a 
> > vacuum leak somewhere)
> > 
> > ANYWAY... I started the car in the driveway the other evening 
and 
> it 
> > sprang to life on the first try.  It sat there idling for a 
minute 
> > or so then died!  I attempted to start it again with no luck.  
It 
> is 
> > as if the engine was not getting any fuel.  I kept trying then 
got 
> a 
> > bit frustrated and let it be for the night.  The next day I 
tried 
> > again and still no luck.  I hear a series of clicking sounds 
from 
> > the electricalcompartment (not the usual 'one' but a click, 
click, 
> > click)  could this an electrical issue?  
> > 
> > I also listened to the fuel pump when I turned the ignition 
key.  
> It 
> > sounds like it gets juice but it doesn't 'whine' like it 
should.  
> > Again, the pump is brand new and it ran great for a few days 
before 
> > this.  I'm kind of at a loss because I know for sure what went 
into 
> > the fuel fix and I can't see any rreason why this is happening.
> > 
> > I miss my car running :(
> > 
> > thanks in advance if anybody has a suggestion.
> > 
> > Brian
> > 11280

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