Alright, Same problem as before.....
When I turn off the ignition after a short or long drive, the fuel pump fuse(7.5A) snaps. I deliberately bought like 10 of them to keep swapping in fresh ones during each session of troubleshooting. Here is what I found out:
By the way, I changed the Start Relay and the Fuel Pump Relay recently, so I eliminated them from the equation (I Think).
When the engine is running, I can pull the Fuel Pump fuse and look at it. It is still a good fuse. The fuel pump is still working and the engine doesn't die. When I replace the fuse and then shut off the engine with the key, the fuse snaps (breaks). Subsequent starts don't work with a broken fuel pump fuse in the fuse panel. No suprises there.
When I put in a fresh fuse, the engine cranks, etc. Here's where it gets weird: I can pull the fuse (it's still good) and shut the engine off with the key, since no fuse is installed, no fuse breaks...right? Well, while the engine is warm I can crank it back up and run with no fuel pump fuse installed at all! The fuel pump works just fine.
What it seems to me like is this: The fuse panel either wants a good fuse or no fuse installed, but never a broken fuse. WTF? Is there some risk of melting something somewhere along the line with no fuel pump fuse installed? I'm really confused. I'm not sure if it's the same problem as Mike Hill's from 2004.
Any thoughts? I'm tired of driving around with a pocket full of 7.5 amp fuses for every trip.
When I turn off the ignition after a short or long drive, the fuel pump fuse(7.5A) snaps. I deliberately bought like 10 of them to keep swapping in fresh ones during each session of troubleshooting. Here is what I found out:
By the way, I changed the Start Relay and the Fuel Pump Relay recently, so I eliminated them from the equation (I Think).
When the engine is running, I can pull the Fuel Pump fuse and look at it. It is still a good fuse. The fuel pump is still working and the engine doesn't die. When I replace the fuse and then shut off the engine with the key, the fuse snaps (breaks). Subsequent starts don't work with a broken fuel pump fuse in the fuse panel. No suprises there.
When I put in a fresh fuse, the engine cranks, etc. Here's where it gets weird: I can pull the fuse (it's still good) and shut the engine off with the key, since no fuse is installed, no fuse breaks...right? Well, while the engine is warm I can crank it back up and run with no fuel pump fuse installed at all! The fuel pump works just fine.
What it seems to me like is this: The fuse panel either wants a good fuse or no fuse installed, but never a broken fuse. WTF? Is there some risk of melting something somewhere along the line with no fuel pump fuse installed? I'm really confused. I'm not sure if it's the same problem as Mike Hill's from 2004.
Any thoughts? I'm tired of driving around with a pocket full of 7.5 amp fuses for every trip.