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Subject:Re: Starting problems with 88 Vanagon, WIKI problems too
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:09:44 -0500

These relays are a dime (or less) a dozen at pick and pull junkyards.  No
reason to not have spares.

Larry A.

On 9/16/07, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
> This is false. BOTH relays are needed for the fuel pump to run.
>
> One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch.
>
> The other relay turns on the fuel pump, controlled by the ECU.
>
> If you put a bad relay into the ECU relay position, the ECU will not
> turn on and then it CAN'T turn on the fuel pump relay.
>
> This bad info is even in the WIKI, where many others can be "helped" by
> it.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> > This has been discussed recently. The consensus is that the fuel pump
> relay
> > is probably not working. There are two identical relays in the system.
> One
> > is called power supply relay. And the other is the fuel pump relay. If I
> name
> > them incorrectly please correct me. Basically you can swap the two and
> see
> > if it makes any difference to help identifying the problem.
> >
> >...............
>