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Humming from under gas tank resulting in dead battery, 1989 Ford

1989 Ford country Squire Wagon, V8 5 liter. Humming from under car near gas tank, resulting in dead battery. I expect that it may be the fuel pump, and believe the pump is actually inside of the fuel tank. Or could this possibly be related to a relay or frayed wire?

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  • rdb2005 Jan 26, 2009

    Harley



    Thank you.



    Do you know where this relay is located?



    rdb2005

  • Anonymous Mar 14, 2014

    The engine died while driving. We had been smelling gasoline around the rear of the car, so when it stopped running, we found the broken plastic fitting and replaced it, but now there's no current to the fuel pump.

    We think the car's computer shut off the fuel due to the loss of pressure and don't quite know how to proceed from here since we can't find the inertia switch or the fuel pump relay.

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Sounds like a fuel pump causing noise. If the noise is still present with the key off then the fuel pump relay is stuck causing the battery to die.

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    Bill Feb 03, 2009

    The relay is under the hood near the master cylinder I think.

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