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Completely lost; no fuel.

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May 17, 2009
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So about a week ago a friend of mine bought a TSi AWD for dirt cheap. The owner was an idiot. He tore the plug wires and IC piping off. That was about it. Once my friend and I got those two things squared away, we realized the car wasn't getting any fuel. We pulled the pump/hanger to replace the fuel pump with a Walbro 255 from my friend's shell.

After getting the hanger all squared away with the new pump we pluged it in and tried to start it; the fuel pump didn't turn on. So we went and grabbed the fuel pump relay out of my TSi AWD. We plugged it in and nothing.

So I went and got my multimeter. We tested the fuel pump harness plug at the black/blue w/silver dashed stripped wire. There is no voltage to that pin. According to a thread we read on here there should be 12 volts going to that pin/wire.

What else do we check after replacing the fuel pump and the relay?

Edit: We know that car starts. We got it to start on starter fluid only; the fuel pump hanger wasn't even in/on the fuel pump. We know the ECU works/has to be good.

Edit 2: After relooking at the thread I mentioned earlier, I realized we needed to test the pin while turning the engine over. It tested at 5.8 volts max. There were other numbers. It was almost 6 volts in other words.
So according to that thread, our problem is not the fuel pump nor the relay.. What do we check?
 
let me look i think there is a fuse for the fuel pump or there is a reset switch near the drivers head light under the hood try that and let me know what you found out

Well I do not recall reading anything about a fuel pump fuse. I could definately be wrong though. As far as the "switch" under the hood, I am led to believe that is for the light that is suppoed to be attached to the hood..
 
there is a buttom connected to the harness where the ac can is. behind the drivers side head light. i believe its a reset button

i was diven once in a grand marquies and it died on the free way in the truck was a buttom that reset the fuel pump and it started up

now i cant say in a 2g eclipse that the buttom is that same switch. because my pump always worked but i have pushed it and nuthing bad or nothing happend at all but correct me if i am wrong..

sorry i just checked my car no fuse for fuel pump you are correct
 
Update to this:

The fuel pump is now getting power. But the custom hanger setup we made is not working. The 90* fitting is leaking so now we have no idea where to go from here. It looks like the fitting "fix" doesn't really work.
 
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