Please help fuel/wire/electrical problem
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Please help fuel/wire/electrical problem
The red and black wire going into my inertia switch is very hot to the touch. it actually started smoking and then my truck lost power. as i was pulling into a parking lot smoke cameup from the passenger foot area. i pulled to check it out and it melted thru the old home made inertia switch. i went to local junkyard and got a new fuel inertia switch but the black/red wire going to it stills get really hot and seems dangerous. the truck start but when i push the gas pedal it dies. any ideas how to fix this. pleas let me know. thanks
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You've got to figure out why the fuel pump(s) is (are) drawing so much current. Do you know if you have a single in tank high pressure pump or a dual pump (low Pressure in tank with a high Pressure in line pump) set up?
Use an ohmmeter to check for a short to ground between the inertia switch and the pump(s).
Use an ohmmeter to check for a short to ground between the inertia switch and the pump(s).
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From: Fort Lewis, Wa
screech...... hold up, the inertia switch wires actually come from the relays on the passenger side front fenderwell, chances are you may have a wire rubbed through the insulation at the firewall or your relay is about to close for life.... I have experience with this one.... I almost replace my entire fuel system due to a couple of scratched through wires,
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