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Old 09-21-2010, 10:59 PM
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Angry Replaced alternator and water pump on 4.4i petro. help!!

I replaced the alternator because the idiot light came on and few codes that point to that issue. I also bought a new water pump, belts, and battery. Bosch battery with 850CCA. The "X" cranks but won't start. So I installed the alternator made sure the battery was fresh and cranked it up oh yeah I replaced the belts as well since I had it all off, everything plugged in okay, cranked it up and it started the first time and sputtered for about 5min then just stalled out. Now it will not even turn on, it just turns over like theres no gas in the engine or fuel is not making it to the cylinders, the battery is still cranking no problem, I thought the security fuel cut off was engaged so I used both car keys to make sure it recognized the key. I dont know what else it could be other than maybe the fuel pump but it was fine before so why would it fail all of a sudden when my alternator and battery went. Oh and no MIL light, no codes, no SES lights

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I replaced the alternator because the idiot light came on and few codes that point to that issue. I also bought a new water pump, belts, and battery. Bosch battery with 850CCA. The "X" cranks but won't start. So I installed the alternator made sure the battery was fresh and cranked it up oh yeah I replaced the belts as well since I had it all off, everything plugged in okay, cranked it up and it started the first time and sputtered for about 5min then just stalled out. Now it will not even turn on, it just turns over like theres no gas in the engine or fuel is not making it to the cylinders, the battery is still cranking no problem, I thought the security fuel cut off was engaged so I used both car keys to make sure it recognized the key. I dont know what else it could be other than maybe the fuel pump but it was fine before so why would it fail all of a sudden when my alternator and battery went. Oh and no MIL light, no codes, no SES lights
Well, assuming that you do have gas in the tank (however, you may want to double check - gauges have been known to malfunction), check your fuses. Not sure which fuse covers the fuel pump, but maybe it's blown. Good luck!
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