Thursday, April 9th, 2020 AT 10:46 AM
The first couple of days that it would not start I could still hear the fuel pump turning on when I would turn the key, but I no longer hear it when trying anything. The fuel pump was replaced a year ago, although I have ran out of gas a few times in the vehicle since then. I understand that running all the way out of fuel even once can ruin a fuel pump whether or not it’s brand new. When testing the fuse control panel (located under the hood) for the IGN C fuse it is not receiving power. We tried to jump power to the fuse from one next to it and it sounded as though the fuel pump had clicked but the vehicle didn’t start. At one point of me trying to figure out this issue I took a battery to my local parts store had them fully charge it and then test the battery and everything came back as good readings on it. I put the battery into my vehicle and tried to start it hoping that was the issue but had no luck. Over the course of the next 2 weeks I attempted to start my vehicle 3 or 4 times and ended up with such a dead battery that the vehicle had to be hooked up with jumper cables just to shift it into neutral. My distributor cap does have a broken plastic ear (where you would thread the screw through) but it’s zip tied together and has been that way since I had bought it, and hadn’t caused any issues yet. I feel like my fuel pump may be bad but that there is an issue with the vehicles power getting where it needs to go and that if I can figure out where or what the issue is that the vehicle will start. Any suggestions?





