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    Non-member Adey aka Ewok's Avatar
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    aux pump

    how do i fire the aux tank fuel pump from in the car? ive seen it done from the top of the sender?

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    Re: aux pump

    I fired mine using a spare sender unit. just plugged it in and it thought it was empty. My original tank sender was faulty so i was'nt getting the aux pump when low
    You can hot wire the sensor connection but i have no idea what resistance the aux relay is looking for before it operates. I'll go measure my other spare sender now!!

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    Re: aux pump

    that would be cool bud cheers, saw the master conect a wire at the sender to somthing else once to fire it. my guage goes up and down but i have no fuel light and have never herd the aux pump running

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    Re: aux pump

    I think im in the same boat adey, ive never had a fuel light and cant recall ever hearing the aux pump working

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    Re: aux pump

    id like the fuel light to work, but will probably remove the aux tank all together using the campus fuel neck

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    Re: aux pump

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    id like the fuel light to work, but will probably remove the aux tank all together using the campus fuel neck
    Right, spare sender in a million bits now!!

    Anyways going from the black wire 1. right side of connector
    Orange wire 2. middle
    Orange wire 3. next to the renault symbol on the sender plastic.

    When the tank is empty you should get about 3 ohms on between 1 and 2 and 283 ohns between 1 and 3 / 2 and 3.

    pins 1 and 3 are the fuel gauge. it reads 283 ohms empty and about 10 ohms when full, which makes sense.

    Now to hot wire it??

    Back it 5

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    Re: aux pump

    lol cheers

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    Re: aux pump

    Quote Originally Posted by Tarmac trasher - Nick View Post
    Right, spare sender in a million bits now!!

    Anyways going from the black wire 1. right side of connector
    Orange wire 2. middle
    Orange wire 3. next to the renault symbol on the sender plastic.

    When the tank is empty you should get about 3 ohms on between 1 and 2 and 283 ohns between 1 and 3 / 2 and 3.

    pins 1 and 3 are the fuel gauge. it reads 283 ohms empty and about 10 ohms when full, which makes sense.

    Now to hot wire it??

    Back it 5
    To hot wire it.....

    1. Start engine.
    2. pull 3 pin connector on tank slighty foward so you can see pins coming out of sender.
    3. check fuel gauge to see if you are still getting a reading.
    4. bridge only pin 1 Black wire and pin 2 orange wire (middle) with a metalic object.
    5 hold bridged pins for afew seconds until aux relay times out and.... click!!
    6. low fuel light on dash will come on and aux pump will run until you either you remove bridge or it times out after 30 seconds ish.

    Thats it.

    My tanks is almost empty so i dont know what will happen with half and a full tank but i doubt it will make any difference

    Hope this helps.

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    Re: aux pump

    Nice one will give it a shot in the am

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    Re: aux pump

    Well done Nick, will give it a go

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    Re: aux pump

    No worries. Glad to help.

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    Re: aux pump

    Here's an odd one, I can get the pump to fire now but I still dnt have a fuel light come on? Any ideas?

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    Re: aux pump

    Yeah the bulbs gone lol

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    Re: aux pump

    Quote Originally Posted by Jono View Post
    Yeah the bulbs gone lol
    good idea light bulb moment there!!

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    Re: aux pump

    blown bulb and faulty sender? as the aux pump has never run off its own back

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    Re: aux pump

    Quote Originally Posted by Jono View Post
    Yeah the bulbs gone lol
    Adey you can be a donut at times So you gonna replace the bulb and sender?? you can properly repair the sender unit. It pulls apart and you need to clean the tracks and re-bent the connectors on the float to get a better contact,

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    Re: aux pump

    ahh cool, best get to that this weekend then lol

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