Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) fuel solenoid

[shendren]

i have a spare used fuel solenoid. no reason to think it is bad. the 3 wires on the harness going to it are black, white, and red.



i supplied 12v from a one of those radio shack power supplies to it by way of black = ground and white=something should happen. and it didn't.



any thoughts on this? what actually goes bad? does it need the power to be fed thru the relay to work?



thanks

 

[Blakers]

Scott,



Are you getting enough amperage from the power supply? Try it from a battery.



How are they supposed to be grounded? Through a wire or just through the bracket holding it to the engine?



Blake

 

[shendren]

i think through the black wire. ?

 

[illflem]

I've tried to run one off a battery charger, no go, not enough amps, with a battery no problem.

 

[Todd T]

no no no no... . you guys have it all wrong.



its defective!! send it to me for proper disposal

 

[CPFF]

Scot

There are two coils in that thing, both with a common ground wire. One wire goes to a "pull-in coil" and the other to a "hold-in" coil, the pull-in very much stronger than the hold-in. And yes, you need a battery to test it.



CPFF

 

[shendren]

thanks for the replies. i will use a car battery to test it. thanks.

 

[RAMSTER21]

Solenoid

It's the Fuel Shutdown relay, just to the left of the Brake booster.

It's $43 at Carparts.com. Mine was doing the same thing, and not lifting up all the way to allow full fuel flowing.



Good Luck

 

[shendren]

amistraino,



you didn't read the beginning post. i know where the relay is and what it does. i have a spare and was looking for info on how to test it. thanks. scott.