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Car won't start...can't hear fuel pump when ignition is turned on, replaced fuel pump and filter, still not able to hear fuel pump...what else could it be?

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Do you have power and ground to the wire harness that feeds the fuel pump when the key is cycled on???If not, could be the ignition module located in the distributor.

  • Anonymous Nov 08, 2011

    Got problem resolved...it was the fuel pump relay!!

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