Fuel Pump
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Fuel Pump
I just purchased a 86 corvette, Great little car! Cant wait to get it finished, the issue I am having is I just changed the fuel relay switch hoping it would help is the fuel pump does not stop priming. I have to unplug the battery for it to stop priming. I changed the relay hoping that would help. Does this sound like a fuel pump issue? Like I stated the only way I can get it to stop is to unplug the battery, it runs if the keys not in it and everything. what do you think the issue is?
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I just purchased a 86 corvette, Great little car! Cant wait to get it finished, the issue I am having is I just changed the fuel relay switch hoping it would help is the fuel pump does not stop priming. I have to unplug the battery for it to stop priming. I changed the relay hoping that would help. Does this sound like a fuel pump issue? Like I stated the only way I can get it to stop is to unplug the battery, it runs if the keys not in it and everything. what do you think the issue is?
Thanks,
Thanks,
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Before I replaced the relay it did the exact same thing, just kept running, so I disconnected the relay it was fine, so I purchased a brand new one Saturday, put it on and hook the battery back up and still does it, the pump just keeps priming itself till I unplug the battery again
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Before I replaced the relay it did the exact same thing, just kept running, so I disconnected the relay it was fine, so I purchased a brand new one Saturday, put it on and hook the battery back up and still does it, the pump just keeps priming itself till I unplug the battery again
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Ok it's been years but check the oil pressure switch I belive it's on the drivers side of the distributer with two wires coming of it might be shorted out wires or a bad switch think it was ten bucks back then
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The oil pressure switch won't cause this situation. A bad oil pressure switch would cause the fuel pump to run, regardless of whether the relay was plugged in or not.
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