Well a week or so ago I was driving to work and the cruise, radiator, and CEL came on and the car started sputtering I reved up the motor and all the lights cleared. Well I get almost to work and it does it again and this time the headlights flashed then went completely out. So I put on my highbeams it did it again then they went out. I finally get the car parked and the positive battery cable was so hot a drop of rain fell on it and it sizzled. Well everyone was saying it was the alternator. I get another alt and I go to replace it and I notice the lower bracket is all chewed up, the alternator mounting hole where the bolt goes through is 2times the size it normallyis and the bolt has a 1 inch flat spot all the way around. so I go get another lower bracket aswell. I also notice that the 4 white wire harness coming off the positive side of the battery is all burned up. So I get that harness aswell. I get the alterntor in and the harness in and now I am getting no power to the fuel pump. I know the pump works because I hooked the pump up to a battery and it starts. Well I figured it was the relay.... I got another relay off of an Eclipse that is running plug it in and still nothing. All the car will do is turn over and not start. No power to the fuel pump. What I was wondering is why would there be no power to the fuel pump. Is there another relay or a fuse or something that could be blown somewhere or does it run off a relay in the fuse box. Please someone help me out here I am tired of having to bum rides to work. Thanks!
Antony Newman 1995 Eclipse GS - Project 2002 S10 - Bagged, shaved and two toned
Also, try shorting the white / red stripe wire in the ECU harness to ground. if the car is ON (but not running) and the relay and fuse are good, the pump should kick on. If it does not, the relay is bad, the fuse is blown, or there is a break in the wire. If it kicks on when shorting the wire to ground but doesn't when you turn the key on, it's an ECU problem.
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