The pump is junk, throw it in the lake and go get a mech. pump, carter, holley, what ever flips your trigger and put it on there and go have fun for several years without any more bull shi--.
How to track down a short?
1 - 15 of 15 Posts
Yeah,I would do that but I can not remember if I put the fuel pump cam back in on the last rebuild 
Well I went and got a new one, plugged it in and popped the fuse.
I read up and found that the pump only draws 2 amps so I knew there had to be a problem somewhere. I checked everything I could think of then on the last thing found the problem. This boat had an auto style cigarette lighter port installed at some point and it is the cause for the short. Unplugged it and all is good
As far a running a relay, I am a little confused as my weakest point on my boat is the electrical. Does that mean you run a wire from the fuel pump directly to the battery with a on/off switch somewhere in the middle? If so I assume this switch has a "relay" to the front which controls the current flow?
Assuming again this is correct, is there an inline fuse to protect the fuel pump?
I read up and found that the pump only draws 2 amps so I knew there had to be a problem somewhere. I checked everything I could think of then on the last thing found the problem. This boat had an auto style cigarette lighter port installed at some point and it is the cause for the short. Unplugged it and all is good
As far a running a relay, I am a little confused as my weakest point on my boat is the electrical. Does that mean you run a wire from the fuel pump directly to the battery with a on/off switch somewhere in the middle? If so I assume this switch has a "relay" to the front which controls the current flow?
Assuming again this is correct, is there an inline fuse to protect the fuel pump?
God i hate wiring problems, I once pulled the whole wiring harness thinking a wire was touching something, turns out one of the wires was touch the Metal bracket that holds the gauge in. coffee
coffeeI can't tell you how many mid 80's/early 90's Camaro's I fixed with INOP door locks, clock, cigarette lighter, power trunk release, console box light... because of a penny a child stuck in the cigarette lighter...... auto style cigarette lighter port installed at some point and it is the cause for the short. Unplugged it and all is good
As far a running a relay, I am a little confused as my weakest point on my boat is the electrical. Does that mean you run a wire from the fuel pump directly to the battery with a on/off switch somewhere in the middle? If so I assume this switch has a "relay" to the front which controls the current flow?
Assuming again this is correct, is there an inline fuse to protect the fuel pump?
A standard ignition switch should be more than capable of handling a electric fuel pump on your type of boat with no relay's.
Most boats don't have a fuse for "just" the electric fuel pump, but that doesn't mean it should be unprotected.
Get yourself a fuel pump relay kit like the one from Painless Performance Wiring and be done with it....
googleisthemaster
.
googleisthemaster
.
Well I went and got a new one, plugged it in and popped the fuse.
I read up and found that the pump only draws 2 amps so I knew there had to be a problem somewhere. I checked everything I could think of then on the last thing found the problem. This boat had an auto style cigarette lighter port installed at some point and it is the cause for the short. Unplugged it and all is good
As far a running a relay, I am a little confused as my weakest point on my boat is the electrical. Does that mean you run a wire from the fuel pump directly to the battery with a on/off switch somewhere in the middle? If so I assume this switch has a "relay" to the front which controls the current flow?
Assuming again this is correct, is there an inline fuse to protect the fuel pump?
thats exactly what a relay is. its a device that controls a high load circuit...or even a low load circuit that you want completely isolated from all other circuits, and is switched on and off by the "control" portion which is a coil winding that creates a magnetic field and closes the "switch" portion of the relay to allow current flow of the high load circuit. it takes almost nothing to activate the relay, which will turn on the high load fuel pump circuit at the back of the boat. now if you want, you can run the "control" circuit to the ignition switch, or to a separate switch, or even to a separate switch that gets it power from the ignition switch. lots of options, and all of which would have made it much easier to diagnose your current problem.
in your case the pump would have not done anything, but the fuse that provides power to the front of the boat would have been blown. or you saw the pump doesn't turn on, so you check the relay and find you have no control power. no matter what, you immediately isolate your problem to the front.
On my personal boat the fuel pump, ignition box, ems (i have fuel injection) are all controlled with relays, it isolates everything, and breaks up the entire harness into sections. its easier to fix, more efficient and much safer. everything should have a fuse too control and load.
AP
Chaz I think I found some shorts
Just kiddin Bud call me if I can help Tom
![]()
Just kiddin Bud call me if I can help Tom
1 - 15 of 15 Posts
