My brother and I did a engine swap in his firebird. Everything is as it should be but the fuel pump is not pumping and the security light is on. The windows will go up and down without the key in the

Asked by joe Oct 14, 2018 at 05:39 PM about the 2000 Pontiac Firebird Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Switch and the radio is on as well. This is the 2nd time we
changed engines out in this car but the 1st time we didn't
have any problems. We also changed engines in my 2000
Camaro with no problems. Anyone know what is going on?
We've already tried unhooking the ground from battery.

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I have read that if it's a security issue the starter will not ingage but the car will turn over. Just no fuel pump. It was working before we pulled the engine and now we have the issues i posted. It's got us scratching our heads. We been wrenching all our lives and this is a first.

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