Changing fuel pump. Exposed wires in tank.
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Changing fuel pump. Exposed wires in tank.
Alright I'm changing my fuel pump and I have it out right now. I pulled the assembly out of the tank a little too hard and scratched some rubber off of the brown/black wire that connects to the fuel pump inside the tank. Do these two wires have power going to them??? Im scared to start my car now in the fear that we might blow up... This entire plug with these two wires is completely submerged in gas when they are in the tank so there can't be a current can there? Need a response soon guys, thanks.
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gas is non conductive. So just them being wet with gas is no big deal. Check to see if it's a negative or positive wire. If it is negative it's no big deal. If it's positive then cover it with electric tape or something to keep it from arching against something.
Test what ever you use to protect it in gas to see if it's going to fall off once it's in the tank.
Test what ever you use to protect it in gas to see if it's going to fall off once it's in the tank.
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Its actually black and orange wires going to the plug from the fuel level sending unit. The orange and black wires both have a small patch of bare wire showing
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I taped it up and put zip ties around the tap. All of those wires are in gas so I don't think its going to hurt it. I mean they would all be shorting out all the time with them being in liquid right. Idk I'm going to try it if y'all don't here back from me my car blew me up but let's pray it dont
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So far so good. I drove it down the road and it seems to have gotten rid of my hesitation in high rpms. I'm still a little scared, my tank is completely full right now but when it gets down low with the fumes is when I'm more worried. I put black electrical tape around them and them put about 5 zip ties over the tape to hold it in place. I just hope the gas doesn't eat through the tape and ties and start arching. Idk if those wires have power to them or not. Its for the fuel lvl sending unit so they may not have a current at all...anyone know?
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I still felt unsafe with just electrical tape and zip ties covering the bare spots on the wires so I picked up some jb water weld, some rubber gas resistant self sticking tape, and some plastic wire loom holders and put it all together. Put the water weld which says is fuel system safe on the wires then a layer of the rubber self adhesive tape then the plastic wire loom and zip ties on top of that. If it ever sparks or comes close to contacting each other now then it was meant to happen
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you should have put the Tape then water weld then another layer of tape. The water weld might get in between the wire strands and cause electrical problems.
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The bare spots on the two wires are smaller then 1 millimeter. And its to the gas level gauge so I should know if it starts having problems. The tape would have been sort of hard to get on there tight enough, its some strange stuff its not sticky to your hands you have to stretch it out while your wrapping it and when it contracts back down it seals to itself. But with the layer of water weld on first I had a thicker area that I could wrap the tape around more tightly.
Last edited by KaLiKoStreet; 04-15-2015 at 04:07 AM.
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