fuel pump fuse keeps blowing. replaced fuel pump now when driving (never when idling) fuse will blow help its a '98 sunfire

Asked by 661992ej Apr 10, 2013 at 09:31 PM about the 1998 Pontiac Sunfire 2 Dr SE Coupe

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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tenspeed answered 11 years ago

There should be plenty of fuse to hold the pump. How many amps is the fuse? It could be the insulation has worn through and the power wire grounds out when the tank is moving around.

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James answered 11 years ago

could be high resistance in pump relay point contact area, or wire jack connections dirty at tank plugin, two stage current push pcm early GM

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