Re: fuel pump/fuse

[Damian Magista <magista@domain.elided>]

Andrew Watry gets first prize!

Saturday morning I began to poke around in the trunk to make sure nothing was 
grounding out. Well...lo and behold there was the wire he spoke of and the 
little plastic sleeve designed to keep it from grounding had slipped and the 
connectors had been rubbing through the paint until it hit bare metal. 

I put the sleeve back in place and wrapped it with electrical tape. I check the 
rest of the wiring in the trunk for potential problems. I turned oer the Berlina 
and drove the hell out of it trying to pop the fuse again. It ran like a champ. 
The fuse didn't even get hot. 

Thanks for the pointers. 

Damian

Damian Magista
87 Milano <--battery light now flashing & battery draining (sigh)
72 Berlina <-- running fine
magista@domain.elided

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC) wrote:

> If the fuse is blowing I'd say you've got a short or bad connection
> somewhere, or the pump motor has internal problems like binding or bad
> wiring that are causing it to draw too much. I've never had the specific
> problem you mention, but my GTV kept having the fuel pump just stop running.
> The hot wire to the pump comes into the trunk from the loom, runs across the
> trunk floor under the mat, goes out a grommeted hole, and to the pump. A
> spade-connection between the wires just sits on the trunk floor, protected
> by electrical tape. In my GTV, the connection came apart, stopping the pump.
> But maybe yours is shorting out somehow?
> 
> Not that it causes blown fuses, but poor ground connections are solution
> number 1 to Alfa electrical problems.  So I'd check all the connections.
> 
> Andrew
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