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87fox2e · 05-10-2008, 05:42 PM

I have a 87 Hatch 5.0 HO 5spd.

Alright brace yourself for a long story. I recently lost fuel and there is no reason or explanation why. Ill start from the beginning. i drove my car to school in the morning last week, left school went and picked up a bunch of parts for the car, drove home and started swapping parts out. All i had swapped out was my steering wheel, seats, headlight switch, and i put a instrument cluster off a 92 LX 4 cyl in. I installed these parts, went to start the car, and all it did was crank, but never turned over. So i spray some starting fluid in and it turns over, i try to give it throttle, but it just crapped out like i wasn't even touching the throttle. So i start testing everything for fuel. I changed my fuel pump relay, and the pigtail it plugs into, i changed the fuel filter, fuel pump, and still nothing. So i put a test light on the relay, and it had power going in, but only when i turned the ignition on, and yet it had no power going out of the relay to the pump. Also when i turned the ignition on, the relay would click, and when i held it in my hand, i could feel it popping. So i put direct power to my fuel pump to make sure it was not bad as well, but it turn on no problem with direct power. I tried tracing the wires, but none of the wire color codes are matching up, so it is nearly a complete lost cause trying to trace them. So here is exactly where im at right now. I can get power into the relay, but not out i put my old instrument cluster back in just because that is really the only major electrical thing i messed with, and i have checked the power to my inertia switch and that is fine, power to my injectors that is fine, no power to fuel pump though. Does anyone have any ideas, i have spent at least 3-6 hrs a day since last friday tracing wires trying to make sense of all this, and cannot figure out anything. Please help me. Sorry if this is very confusing to read, but this is how lost i am. Thanks

Also it seems that i have no grounds anywhere in my engine compartment, i can put a test light directly onto my ground strap from the block to the firewall and get no ground. Even when i test from where the negative battery cable connects to my fender i have no ground. Thanks for any help.

05-10-2008, 05:42 PM	#1
87fox2e Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Antonio Posts: 65 Trader Rating: (0)	no fuel...doesnt make sense? I have a 87 Hatch 5.0 HO 5spd. Alright brace yourself for a long story. I recently lost fuel and there is no reason or explanation why. Ill start from the beginning. i drove my car to school in the morning last week, left school went and picked up a bunch of parts for the car, drove home and started swapping parts out. All i had swapped out was my steering wheel, seats, headlight switch, and i put a instrument cluster off a 92 LX 4 cyl in. I installed these parts, went to start the car, and all it did was crank, but never turned over. So i spray some starting fluid in and it turns over, i try to give it throttle, but it just crapped out like i wasn't even touching the throttle. So i start testing everything for fuel. I changed my fuel pump relay, and the pigtail it plugs into, i changed the fuel filter, fuel pump, and still nothing. So i put a test light on the relay, and it had power going in, but only when i turned the ignition on, and yet it had no power going out of the relay to the pump. Also when i turned the ignition on, the relay would click, and when i held it in my hand, i could feel it popping. So i put direct power to my fuel pump to make sure it was not bad as well, but it turn on no problem with direct power. I tried tracing the wires, but none of the wire color codes are matching up, so it is nearly a complete lost cause trying to trace them. So here is exactly where im at right now. I can get power into the relay, but not out i put my old instrument cluster back in just because that is really the only major electrical thing i messed with, and i have checked the power to my inertia switch and that is fine, power to my injectors that is fine, no power to fuel pump though. Does anyone have any ideas, i have spent at least 3-6 hrs a day since last friday tracing wires trying to make sense of all this, and cannot figure out anything. Please help me. Sorry if this is very confusing to read, but this is how lost i am. Thanks Also it seems that i have no grounds anywhere in my engine compartment, i can put a test light directly onto my ground strap from the block to the firewall and get no ground. Even when i test from where the negative battery cable connects to my fender i have no ground. Thanks for any help.