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Old 11-02-2013, 01:47 PM
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If you're getting power to the fuel pump plug the relay is working...

I don't have the diagrams handy...but IIRC the fuel pump relay functions on a grounding circuit with the DME. Basically what happens is when you turn the key, the DME grounds the relay trigger -- completing the circuit, closing the relay and thus sending power to the pump. I don't know which (if any), other conditions need to be present/have an effect on whether or not the fuel pump is powered though.

Just so were on the same page:

With the original fuel pump relay in place, when you turn the key, you don't get power to the vehicle side of the fuel pump plug unless its above 70* or Do you get power for a couple seconds to the pump plug independent of temperature, and it just doesn't start below 70*?

Have you fired up the pump to make sure that it does in-fact function?
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