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Fuel Pump, Fuel Pump Relay, or Tank Pump? 700 1989

My 1989 740 Turbo (B230F) cranks but will not turn over after a sudden and complete shut-down on the road. When trying to turn the engine over, there is no detectable gas fumes near the fuel injectors. I've heard about this problem and feared it was coming. Alas, here it is - where do I begin?








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    Re: Fuel Pump, Fuel Pump Relay, or Tank Pump? 700 1989

    You may try my method of locating the engine motion sensor located at the top of the bell housing just aft of the head. Remove the 10 mm bolt and gently pull out the sensor, but don't pull on the cable. The cable leads to a connection at the firewall. I cleaned my unit with spray carb cleaner and wiped dry the tip which has a metalic looking pick-up. Now, the next nifty task is to gently sand with about 120 grit paper, the mounting part of the sensor or where the 10mm bolt snugs up against. Sometimes the plastic surrounding the aluminum ring that snugs to the aluminum bell housing gets in the way. So a few swips with the sandpaper will clean this aluminun ring and plastic and put it back on the same plane. Lastly, spray, sand and wipe the seating area at the bell housing os to ensure a clean grounding.. This procedure seems to solve the same situation i experianced last week. Some shops seem to always take the rout of replacing the sensor, the relay and the in tank fuel pump. Let me know if this works for you!!!!! deteagle@yahoo.com Connecticut.








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    Re: Fuel Pump, Fuel Pump Relay, or Tank Pump? 700 1989

    have you checked the fuel filter?

    also unhook the fuel line at the injectors and run it into a jar or something and crank it over to see if that fixed it.








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    Re: Fuel Pump, Fuel Pump Relay, or Tank Pump? 700 1989

    That happened to my '91 740. Resoldering the fuel pump relay (and all other relays, while I was in there) completely solved it for me.

    Resoldering costs $0, takes 15 minutes, and carries essentially no risk. So it's a good first step. If it doesn't help, you've lost nothing.

    BTW — if you have no spark, you'll have no fuel. The fuel pump relay sense for spark before powering the pumps.



    Don Foster (near Cape Cod, MA)








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      Re: Fuel Pump, Fuel Pump Relay, or Tank Pump? 700 1989

      Don...thanks for your advice...re: your comment "if you have no spark, you'll have no fuel"...I do have spark and the engine cranks - it just

      seems as if no fuel is being sent to the fuel injectors for the engine

      to fully turn over or engage.









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        Re: Fuel Pump, Fuel Pump Relay, or Tank Pump? 700 1989

        After soldering the FPR, I would recommend verifying that the in-tank fuel pumps is working. The FAQ section of this board has a good test procedure for this. I found out the hard way that when the in-tank pump goes bad, the main pump can follow.







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