[Shotimes] Fuel Pump Electronics Question

[Zach Leahy]

Ha!  I did the same thing, but I froze my fan in a block of ice after
a bit of snow rallying!

Yes there is a fusible link, that was later replaced with a maxi-fuse
in the under-hood fuse block.  I believe the fusible link is supposed
to be in a similar position, but mine had been changed out to the fuse
(93).

You will probably need to replace the IRCM as you fried the traces on
the board.   I cheated and soldered in som wire to jump the burned
traces and repaired my IRCM.  It was a temporary fix that has now been
in place for about 4 years.

Look in the service manuals for the exact location, but yes, there is
a fusible link/fuse, and yes you proably blew it.

Good deducting, no fuel pump-blown ircm.

Z

On 8/13/05, Robert A. Pittman, Jr. <rob.pittman@verizon.net> wrote:
> The other day my 90MTX (126K) started to overheat.  I pulled over and
> checked before it got just scorching hot.  When I raised the hood, I was hit
> with that fried electronics smell and some smoke from the front of the
> engine bay.  After some a bit of checking, I noticed the fan was locked up,
> so there was the cause of the overheat.  Let it cool for a while, and
> started to drive it back home.  After 3-4 miles without any A/C, I was
> overheating but the car was running about in the middle of the range.  It
> died.  I was able to restart and continued for another mile, then it died
> again and wouldn't restart.  My first guess was that the short in the fan
> knocked out the IRCM.
> 
> I've replaced the fan assembly and the IRCM.  Still no start.  It seems to
> that the car is not getting fuel.  There's no pressure at the Schraeder
> valve on the intake rails.  All the fuses in the fuse box look OK.  The
> inertia switch on the fuel system is still depressed.  When I turn on the
> key, there's no noise like the fuel pump spinning up.
> 
> Is there a fusible link I need to check before concluding the fuel pump was
> knocked out and replacing that?
> 
> Thanks for y'all's help.
> Rob
> 90MTX, 126K
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