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Question: Fuel Pump stops working

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mikevestor, 5.4L V8, Elyria, OH, January 30, 2011, 11:37

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My fuel pump stops pumping. After resting and recycling the ignition, it starts again and will go for months, then all of a sudden it happens again. Is there an electrical connection I need to fix or is it the pump.

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  DaveJHM January 30, 2011, 21:50
  

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  You do have a fuel pump relay that could be very very intermittently failing.
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