Welcome Len, The pump is actuated when the engine vacuum moves the AFM flap. That is probably stuck hence it appears on all the time.
The pump is probably shot. Have you run the car dry of fuel? Without a load to push they burn out pretty quick from my understanding. Jef www.motozane.com ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:30:27 -0700 > From: Leonard Harpster<[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Strange GTV6 Fuel Pump Problem > > The issue with the fuel pump is that it turns on as soon as the > battery is connected, but when the engine is started it dies from what > appears to be lack of fuel. The fuel pump is loud, sounds terrible, and > seems to be independent of whether the car is started or the engine is > loaded. > I'm assuming the fuel pump is toast because even though it seems > like it's going full blast, the engine is being starved. The strange > thing about this is that the pump turns on when the battery is > connected; before the key is even in the ignition. > This is my first post on the digest, is there anything I left out? > - --- > Len Harpster > '81 GTV6 > ------------------------------ -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
