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Old May 6, 2013 | 10:57 AM
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Newbie to this site looking for some help

I have a 1990 H plate Erst

Been standing for a while but occasionally
starting it up
Recently it stopped starting , can't hear the fuel pump coming in on the the ignition
I have changed the pink fuel relay still nothing

Any ideas before changing pump

Thanks
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Old May 6, 2013 | 11:08 AM
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Battery charged up?
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Old May 6, 2013 | 11:11 AM
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Battery fully charged , turns over , don't hear fuel pump just click on the ignition when u go to turn it over
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Old May 6, 2013 | 01:35 PM
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power probe to the fuel pump and test the voltage at the pump, if you can use a switchable probe you can use it to see if it powers the pump

also check for spark as you wont get an injector pulse without a spark.

its the thing with rs turbos it can be anything

and is the relay you fitted a new item or second hand, theres a lot of dead ones for sale these days, a way of seeing if the relay is the cause is to bridge the relay and if the car starts then it needs a new one

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Old May 6, 2013 | 02:11 PM
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Could be the fuel pump seized itself. I parked mine up in my garage for the winter, the pump seized.
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