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Bradford T Berthiaume Posted on Jan 20, 2016
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Why isn't fuel pump pumping?

Replaced fuel pump and still not working theres no power going to the orange wire on the fuel pump relay. suppose to be constant power i was told.. i have 12 volts at fuel pump assembly plug i checked fuel pump ground and its good. what should be my next step,any ideas? please and thank you

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Fuel pump power can be controlled by the pressure regulator that signals the ECM to turn on the pump relay to power the pump
check further afield from the pump as the problem is else where

  • THANK YOU BILL. I WILL REPLACE THE PRESSURE REGULATOR. HOPEFULLY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM

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Well, the red wire is what you use to put power to the pump when the relay is off. Not when the relay is on.
When you turn the key switch on, you are putting power to the magnet of the relay on the dark green and white coming from the computer. The magnet closes the switch inside the relay. The orange wire powers the pump and the gray wire goes to the pump. When the switch closes inside the relay, you complete the connection between the orange and gray wires.
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3. The relay Primary -or- "control" side is powered by Pin 37 RED wire at the PCM
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5. The Inertia Fuel Shut-off Switch located between the fuel pump relay and the fuel pump may need to be reset. The switch is located behind the right kick panel. The DARK GREEN/YELLOW wire at the switch is the feed from the fuel pump relay. The other wire goes to the fuel pump. Some units have the DARK GREEN/YELLOW wire going in and the wire going out can also be DARK GREEN/YELLOW, or PINK, or ORANGE - the wiring diagram for your vehicle does not specify the color of the wire that actually goes to the fuel pump itself.)
6. If none of the above produce any results, make sure that your ground wire at the fuel pump has good continuity to ground. It usually screws to the left frame rail near the fuel tank.

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