Fuel Pump Relay
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Fuel Pump Relay
1995 Ford Explorer - 4.0 Liter - 132,000 miles
If the engine is cold
If the engine is warm
If the day is hot, dry, cold or damp
None of this matters.
I turn the car off after driving it all day or for only a mile and come back an five minutes, an hour, three hours or a day later and, when I go to start it, it cranks and cranks and cranks but no ignition.
So, I then take the fuel pump relay out and put in a different one (or the same one)...repeat this once or twice and it then starts right up
OR
I let the thing sit for anywhere from 20 minutes to 12 hours and it starts.
I am totally stumped. This has been going on for months (I bought the car in April).
Any ideas?
My guess is that the block that the relay plugs into has a short but why does this "repair itself" by letting the car sit overnight or for 20 minutes?
Some have suggested I replace the car's brain.
I am getting ready to replace mine.
THANKS!
-Dean
If the engine is cold
If the engine is warm
If the day is hot, dry, cold or damp
None of this matters.
I turn the car off after driving it all day or for only a mile and come back an five minutes, an hour, three hours or a day later and, when I go to start it, it cranks and cranks and cranks but no ignition.
So, I then take the fuel pump relay out and put in a different one (or the same one)...repeat this once or twice and it then starts right up
OR
I let the thing sit for anywhere from 20 minutes to 12 hours and it starts.
I am totally stumped. This has been going on for months (I bought the car in April).
Any ideas?
My guess is that the block that the relay plugs into has a short but why does this "repair itself" by letting the car sit overnight or for 20 minutes?
Some have suggested I replace the car's brain.
I am getting ready to replace mine.
THANKS!
-Dean
