lo all, i have a mk5 escort xr3i 1.8i on friday it started and drove well but i went to start it today and i am not getting the usual whirring noise one would expect to hear from a vehicle with injection. i have tried and checked the fuses and also the relay but for the life of me i cannot get the bloody thing started.

I have read in the manual that the fuel pump is situated together with the sender unit on the top of the fule tank (which requires removing befor access to the pump and sender unit is accessible)

is this the case or is there some other way of getting to it or even getting enough space to it to give it a good wollop??

The pump as far as i am aware is an uprated rs pump which was fitted approx 2 - 3 years ago and was onlt fitted just prior to the vehicle going of the road. i realise that the pump could have seized as the car was standing for a while but i would think that if the pump was gonna seize it would have done so and not started b4 and now suddenly seize??


any ideas people


thanks

 

try fuel cut off switch

 

tried it. lol its not that. any other suggestions??

 

ok, i ran a direct line from the battery to the fuel pump live and ground, the pump whirred....... woo-hoo, then i started me car and drove it home. but wait theres more................. when i got home i turned her off thinking all was well but when i returned couple of hours later and tried to start her she wouldnt go i tried the direct line from battery again but this time it aint working. SO the question of the day is........................ Why the hell did it work the once not again? does this mean the pumps ok but the wiring is bolloxed?? HELP pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

 

fuse box