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Old 12-19-2020, 09:23 PM
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No. That would be an open. Would make not work wouldn't blow fuse
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Yes, forget about the multimeter for now and get yourself a test light.
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Test light will not help testing fort short of hot to ground. The fuse is blown so there will be no power for test light
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You replace the old fuel pump with a new fuel pump and now it is blowing fuse 47? Did the old fuel pump blow fuse 47 or don't you know? Could be a BNFP (Bad New Fuel Pump). Did you bench test the old fuel pump to see if it worked? Put an amp clamp on the battery but don't start the engine and turn it to the run position and see how much amps the fuel pump is drawing or the short is drawing. The short will draw more amps than the fuse in order to blow it.
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Old fuel pump was dead.


However, still blowing fuse 47. Does anyone know where ground X492 is--it is the ground for the fuel pump, among other things.
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Old fuel pump was dead.


However, still blowing fuse 47. Does anyone know where ground X492 is--it is the ground for the fuel pump, among other things.


A poor ground won't casue a fuse to blow, however. The wiring on the positive side is of more interest. Might need to trace that out, looking for chaffing or shorts to ground. The fuel pump wiring from the relay in the eBox runs from under the bonnet (hood) all the way to the fuel pump under the back seat, so lots of locations that could be an issue...
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Put a test light or buzzer across the fuse terminals and watch/listen as you follow and wiggle the suspect wiring.
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Ok, just for funzies, I replaced the fuel filter, which has been in there for potentially tens of thousands of miles and an even longer time, fermenting old gasoline into muck.

The gas is a mix of pretty old with stabilizer and fresh premium.
I put a new fuse in 47, put the connector back on the pump and put the key to start.


Miracle of miracles, the new fuel pump starts humming.

I did this a few times to see if it would pop the 47 fuse again. Nope. Always primes the pump.

So I pressed my luck and turned it over--and it worked. Thanks for the ideas, everyone.
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Ok, just for funzies, I replaced the fuel filter, which has been in there for potentially tens of thousands of miles and an even longer time, fermenting old gasoline into muck.

The gas is a mix of pretty old with stabilizer and fresh premium.
I put a new fuse in 47, put the connector back on the pump and put the key to start.


Miracle of miracles, the new fuel pump starts humming.

I did this a few times to see if it would pop the 47 fuse again. Nope. Always primes the pump.

So I pressed my luck and turned it over--and it worked. Thanks for the ideas, everyone.
The old fuel pump was dead and because it wasn't spinning, it just drew a greater load on the circuit until it blew the fuse. Had that happen to me on an Audi Quattro 4000 CS, except it wasn't a fuel pump, it was the radiator fan motor, and being the stupid Germans engineering that everyone talks about, they didn't put the radiator fan motor on a fused circuit, but wired it directly to battery B+. The wire harness was the fuse for that circuit and it melted the wires in that harness.
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X5 at least has 50A fuse in the aux fan ckt.
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