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Re: Fuel pump relay



Who needs fuel pump relays (laugh). I don't use one. I just wired it to the
stock foglight switch. Good anti-theft device, but I guess it's a bad thing in
a crash!
    -Josiah (for that matter, who needs fuel pressure accumulators, either... I
also don't have one of those)

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Mark A Peele wrote:

> In a pinch, just jump terminal 15 and 31.
>
> I've done this a few times - it makes the pump run continuously, but the
> car will run fine.
>
> Mark . . .
> Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
> http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/marc.htm
> --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
> From: VWN8@aol.com
> To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org, bhonnold@pac-cap.com
> Subject: Fuel pump relay
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:21:24 EDT
> Message-ID: <d975ee0.360822e4@aol.com>
>
> Since I bought my car 4yrs ago I've had to replace the fuel pump relay
> regularly ( I think I'm on relay number 4). Anyhow I know this shouldn't
> be
> happening so does anyone have any idea what my problem could be?
> My other semi-related question is this: My FP-relay is a 5 prong unit
> with a
> fuse. I was thinking about using a 4 prong Audi FP-relay instead (for the
> reason that A:it's a simpler part B:in a pinch I can use any 4prong relay
> as a
> replacement C:there way cheaper {$10 vs $25}). The 5th prong on the VW
> unit is
> terminal #31. Can anyone tell me what each terminal does?
>
> Nate
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