Help an australian with a spi mini fuel pump prob!
#1
Posted 09 October 2005 - 10:20 AM
I have a 1995 spi Mini cooper that was imported to Australia from japan, that now has a problem... My girlfriend was driving the car the other night when she heard a bang and then the car stopped. It seems to be fuel pump related but I'm not totally sure if thats the problem.
Here's what I have discovered:
-With the car on, you can normally hear a hiss from the fuel pump, its not doing that anymore.
-If I pour some fuel straight into the carb, the car will start briefly.
-I checked all of the fuses and none seem blown.
-I checked if there was voltage going to the fuel pump from the wire with one of those voltage testers that looks like a screwdriver with a light in it, it didn't light up :sad:
-I checked the wire on the fuel level sensor wire, it did light up (just to check the tester worked)
-The car has half a tank of fuel in it.
So now I have a few questions, the no voltage going to fuel pump worries me, is there something in between the fuses and the pump that could be screwed?
If it is just the pump do i need to take the whole tank out to replace it, and is the pump just an off the shelf item made by Bosch perhaps?
Sorry for all the questions but all my mini workshop books are in storage while I wait to move into a new house. So i'm even unsure at the moment which number fuse it is... and what wire goes where.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated and if you are ever in Melbourne I will buy you a beer or 6!
Thanks
Tim
#2
Posted 09 October 2005 - 10:27 AM
Dunno where it is in an SPi though??? :erm:
#3
Posted 09 October 2005 - 01:13 PM
Fuel pumps normally only work for a couple of seconds when you turn the ignion on and then when the engine is running.
If the bang was sever enough it could have tripped the impact switch.
Siggy
#4
Posted 09 October 2005 - 02:53 PM
#5
Posted 09 October 2005 - 09:44 PM
#6
Posted 10 October 2005 - 05:01 PM
i drove down a hole with mine and it cut off, the roadside breakdown assistance hadn't got a clue, so when he was fiddling under the bonnet i read through my haynes manual at the side of the road. just as he was going to tow it away i found the fuel cut off in the haynes. i pushed the button, and needless to say..... made him look very foolish. this was after half hour of him saying he used to have a job fixing mini's
#7
Posted 10 October 2005 - 08:46 PM
Fuel injected cars all have a fuel cut off switch to prevent high pressure fuel being constantly squirted out in the event of a crsah. The problem with the mini is that the ride is rather harsh and a good bump in the road some times causes enough shock to trip the thing.
Check the brown only wire feeding the relay box that sits ontop of the bellcrank box for the brake servo / master cylinder if there is no volts there then the fuseble link may have blown. This is located in the wiring harness that runs over the top of the distributer under the black pvc sheath( dont know what it looks like but thats where it is). If this has blown then the pump may well be duff as to draw that much current it would have to be a very big load item. The pump can be replaced but the tank would have to be removed.
Mini spares do this item but is VERY expensive. You may be able to get the pump itself somewhere else when and if you find out the manufacturer
#8
Posted 10 October 2005 - 10:09 PM
I feel kind of stupid that I didn't know it was there *
Thanks so much everyone for the help, I would of felt even more stupid if I had towed it to the mini mechanic for him to fix :tongue:
thanks thanks thanks!
and remember if you are ever in Melbourne I'll buy you a beer!
Tim
#9
Posted 11 October 2005 - 04:58 PM
how about if you're ever in England? hint hintYep it was fuel cut off switch, as soon as I pushed it and heard the click I knew It was the problem!
I feel kind of stupid that I didn't know it was there *
Thanks so much everyone for the help, I would of felt even more stupid if I had towed it to the mini mechanic for him to fix :tongue:
thanks thanks thanks!
and remember if you are ever in Melbourne I'll buy you a beer!
Tim
i felt stupid when i pressed mine, you're not alone on that one pal :tongue:
#10
Posted 11 October 2005 - 05:37 PM
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