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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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The car will only fire with the fuel pump diconnected...

I turn the key on and it primes the pump, crank , no fire. Disconnect the pump trigger wire it will fire but die unless I reinstall the trigger wire..

Once I get it fired and hook the pump back up it runs fine...
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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sound like you have a wire that is not hot in crank and run.
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I have checked them, all is good.

From my understanding the pcm only turns the pump back on after it sees a start condition.

The car will only start if I disconnect the fuel pump relay trigger wire.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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Maybe the relay is wired wrong?
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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I figured it out. I had a wire that was only 5 volts when cranking. I remember reading about this and I thought I had jumpered correctly but satistraction's post made me double check it with a volt meter.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....82&postcount=8

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