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Tad
| | Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 08:10 am: | 
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As you may remember I was posting about my wifes 94 D1 and the fuel pump yesterday and last week. I was all set to buy a new fuel pump; everything I had checked was good (relay, fuse, ground). Our local mechanic who has worked on such exotic cars such as Ford, Chevy and even a Honda agreed to take a look at it -- besides it was sitting in his parking lot where the tow truck dropped it off.
Brian, the mechanic, said started double checking everything I looked at. Convinced I was right he started taking measurements of how much current the pump was drawing - 2.5 volts at the pump, not enough to run it. He then started tracing where the current was "leaking" or dropping. It was ok at the inertia cut off. It was ok at the relay. It was ok at a conection about half way back and from there it dropped.
He started to trace the wiring with his hand and above the wheel well he felt a bulge in the wire. He was able to pull it down a bit for inspection and found that a some point in time, probable when the PO had the trailer lights hook up half assed, some one put a probe point into the wire. Well that little hole allowed water and salt to corode the wire to the point that it couldn't conduct electricity any more.
And that is why when I changed fuses to a brand new one it must have allowed just a tiny bit more voltage to creep through.
Sometimes it worth paying the big bucks. Actually, small town shop rates aren't that bad.
Have Some Fun!
Tad |
JayXD
| | Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 09:26 am: |
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I have to agree with you here. It is worth having trained techs looking at your vehicle. I don't know how many times I've read posts where people have replaced a half a dozen items hoping to fix a problem but to no avail. If you are hours away from anyone who can work on a Rover then I guess you have no choice but sometimes it is worth paying $$ just to be sure. I'm spoiled though, I've got an independent shop about 3 minutes from my office who work on Rovers, sell Rovers and have the latest diagnostic equip. to check it all out - and the rate is $58.00 hour. |
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