car wont start!!!

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bimmer_e30
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:24 pm

Hi all my car wont start

I have taken the back seat off and I can see there is a intermitent current going to the fuel pump and the pump works but current is intermiten sometimes there sometimes not but i can see its trying to start

what do you think this maybe?

could it have something to do with the instrument cluster?
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Moffett76
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:49 pm

Did you check for spark?
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:54 pm

what is the car, what is the engine and what year

how are you measureing/judging current to the fuel pump
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TOMMYSPANNER
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Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:23 am

check 50 amp fuse hidden in sheating of small +battery cable feeds fuel pump/dme relay for ecu/spark for coil/injectors dead fuse/no spark,famous fault cheap fix slit the sheating 18 inches in from battery good luck!. :cool:
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Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:35 am

TOMMYSPANNER wrote:check 50 amp fuse hidden in sheating of small +battery cable feeds fuel pump/dme relay for ecu/spark for coil/injectors dead fuse/no spark,famous fault cheap fix slit the sheating 18 inches in from battery good luck!. :cool:
yep defo aggree with that...you will see white rubber on a piece of chip board aka the 50 amp fuse underneath the heat shrink .

remove the white rubber thing and see if there is a crack in the metal strip bridge them together to get it working for temporary use. i jut bought myself a 50 amp maxi blade and fuse holder.

good luck.
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