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HELP! This is ridiculous (fuel pump?)

I have to sadly disagree with the guy above who thinks ethanol means no more corrosion problems. The ethanol pulls the water out of the air in tank to mix with the fuel. Take some gasohol outside on a humid day and leave it for awhile, come back and there will definitely be water in it in less than 15 minutes in many cases, used to not do that. I have seen it innumerable times. I also have several vehicles that have a tendency to sit for awhile, some still carbureted. Since ethanol fuel became commonplace, I have seen corrosion in fuel parts go up like 300-400 percent. Used to just be varnish which was easily cleaned off, not anymore, the parts are CORRODING and beginning to go bad. Best protection seems to be filling tank to minimize the airspace, which breathes moisture in and out. No problem on constantly run vehicles, but let it sit and.................

Most people think that because one uses an alcohol to get moisture out of gas tank as in 'dry gas' type of product that more is good. Definitely NOT, that works because vehicle used constant enough to pass the now absorbed water through. Once you have like a spare vehicle that sits until used though this stuff gets to be a problem. You'll never hear THAT in a ethanol commercial, or the fact that it gets much worse mileage either. Drag racers that run alcohol have known for years that it can damage stuff. It also leaves behind a gum that normal petroleum distillated solvents won't touch, just ask Ford and while there also ask them about all the Focus fuel pump modules they recalled and yanked for clogging. Mine did it, that gum all over the pickup screen, 100% stopped up. Solvent including acetone would not touch it at all. WATER broke it down instantly, put back together car now running again for 3 more years, about time to do it again as can die on the sudden right hand turn again. Ford paid MILLIONS for that one, caused by ETHANOL, but nobody will admit it. My official FORD recall notice mentioned 'fuel additives', none by name. Look close at that fact stream. Water or something that mixes with water (guess what) obviously was the carrier that kept gum dissolved to enter fuel and disperse. Wasn't gas, since gas doesn't cut it. Took a long time to accumulate, ergo had to be something in minimal amount in fuel. I give you ethanol, it is not necessarily your friend, and it certainly could care less for fuel pumps with metal parts. Ask Exxon, who initially thought they could pump ethanol to refineries through same pipelines as oil. Hundreds of millions of dollars later and some wrecked (CORRODED!!) pipelines later, they quit doing that.
 
Which wire coming to the pump should I check for power? There is a connector with red, black, green, and white wires going to it. And I believe it to be a return style pump since it has two lines going into it.
 
Just wondering did you check the inertia switch? I've seen some go bad, internally and the connector on other fords. And some just get tripped from a kick or slaming the door.

Ah missed it the first time in your first post...
 
I don't have my CD in right now, but the black is ground. Just turn on the ignition and put meter on the red then the green to see which gets power from the key being on/off. If I made a guess I'd say the red is power and the green is signal to the gauge.
 
I don't have my CD in right now, but the black is ground. Just turn on the ignition and put meter on the red then the green to see which gets power from the key being on/off. If I made a guess I'd say the red is power and the green is signal to the gauge.

Aussie is right if I remember correctly. Red 12v, black ground, green signal to guage, white signal to ecu. If you have power to the pump, and still have no pump priming, I'd say its time for a new one. If however, you have no power to the pump, then there is obviously an electrical issue. Fuses/relays first, then on to search for a short to ground.
 
OK found a little something interesting while trying to track down the problem.

In the engine bay fuse box the relay that is supposed to feed power to the pump is getting power when the key is on, but the fuse for the pump is getting nothing!

I checked the shutoff by the clutch pedal and it is fine.

Does anyone have any idea on this? I am starting to get frustrated.
 
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