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by geo_a
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:43 am
Forum: Electrical
Topic: Fuel pump stops when release break pedal (Legacy 92).
Replies: 9
Views: 1407

Update

I disconnected today the power pump from the tail lights circuit and the car started normally. Restarted the engine dozen of times, drove around the block – it worked! It looks like faulty diode drained current from the pump. I still don’t know why the pump was wired to the break switch but I suspec...
by geo_a
Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:11 am
Forum: Electrical
Topic: Fuel pump stops when release break pedal (Legacy 92).
Replies: 9
Views: 1407

Can you explain this more? How did you do this wiring? Was the car driveable while this bypass was in place? I found a wiring in the trunk that connects a break switch (under the break pedal) with tail lights and fuel pump. When I apply breaks, the same current that powers tail lights goes to the f...
by geo_a
Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:19 am
Forum: Electrical
Topic: Fuel pump stops when release break pedal (Legacy 92).
Replies: 9
Views: 1407

Fuel pump stops when release break pedal (Legacy 92).

Subaru Legacy 1992 (turbo) The car starts normally with breaks applied, however, as soon as I release break pedal the engine chokes and dies. At the beginning the problem occurred occasionally, about twice a year and I didn’t pay much attention to it, as I could eventually start the car after few tr...