Ginger 0 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Going to work my 97 golf vr6 cut out for no reason, found that the fuel pump fuse had blown, changed it tried to start her and the same thing happened again. Changed the fuel pump relay and its still doing the same. I've run a direct live to the pump and it is working fine. Tried unplugging the fuel pump with a fresh fuse in, Turn the engine over with pump disconnected and the fuse pops immediatly. I am guessing theirs a short in the cables somewhere, can anyone point me in the right direction as to where it could be shorting out. I need to get my vr running quickly as she is my daily ride:^) Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 if you got a multi meter check the continuity of the wires .... see if the live is going to earth the wire run down the drives side of the car ..... Link to post Share on other sites
apd 0 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 check for bare/kinked wires at your back engine mount,at the lambda probe harness.had the same symptoms! Link to post Share on other sites
Ginger 0 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Nice one, just found loose heatsheild above lambda sensor which has pulled the wiring harness down onto the exhaust, repaired two cables fastend heatsheild back up, replaced fuse and she's back to life. Thanks for that you've saved me hours of stress. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Vr6oc saves the day again Link to post Share on other sites
jayz1981 0 Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 hi there also had same problem thought my fuel pump or fuel filter needed changing but i had de-cated vr the other day and from reading this found lamnda censor wires where on top of exaust down pipe BUT can you tell me why this would blow fuel pump fuse regards jason Link to post Share on other sites
cbmotorsport 0 Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 every sensor on an engine has a live feed taken from the fuel pump relay on a vr, the fuse for the fuel pump is linked through the relay, so if any of the sensor live feed short out, it blows the fuse . Link to post Share on other sites
jayz1981 0 Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 thats great so is it the wire getting hot on the down pipe ? Link to post Share on other sites
cbmotorsport 0 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 sounds like it is, and melting the cable sheath and then shorting out either to another cable or to the engine mount/exhaust etc Link to post Share on other sites
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