Fuel Pump not Working

[Fizzy Toucan]

Today in town I had an issue starting the car. The car just spluttered a lot but wouldn't fire until after the 3rd or 4th attempt.

 

Luckily tonight I was at home, and it did the same thing, only now it wont start at all.

I can't hear the fuel pump priming before trying to start the car, so I'm thinking its either the fuel pump, the relay or both. 

I am only getting 6.1V to the pump - That's not normal is it? Should it be 12-13V ish?

I've only just located the relay (i think) and it started to piss it down, so I'll leave it til morning now. 

 

What checks should I do at the relay?

Any other checks I should do before buying parts?

 

Thanks guys!

 

 

[Guest]

Try feeding the pump 12v from the battery see if it works.

[THUNDA]

Sounds stupid but make sure you have gas first

 

then just replace the relay - once they are gone there is no fixing them really

 

if it still works id say fuel pump replacement or bad wiring somewhere, common for my model cars to melt plugs etc dunno about yours

[Fizzy Toucan]

Thanks guys.
Forgot to add, 3/4 of a tank in there. 

 

 

[Fizzy Toucan]

Okay, earlier today I ripped into it and found the wire from terminal 4 of the fuel pump relay to the connector half way to the fuel pump controller is open circuited.

I ran a temporary wire in its place (just to check) and everything worked fine. Gonna replace the wire with the correct size wire tomorrow evening.

Just wondering why it would be open circuited, I couldn't be bothered pulling the whole dash out and the loom apart to trace it.