NOT THE ENGINE!!1 thank you jesus!! i was soo scared.

turns out it was the number 14 alternator valve soleniod fuse.

set up.

b16a turbo greddy kit . fmu
walrbro 255 installed today, first test drive with the fuel pump the fuse blew.... i seriously thought i blew my engine sooo scared. i was in third gear at 3/4 wot and the engine went POP. and the rpms died, car stayed on. changed fuse, ran it home..
i was told change the 15 for a 20 and ill be ok? is this smart? and why did it blow with this dang walbro pump? any one? it scared the **** outta me. thanks guys.

 

haha.. that woulda scared my *** too... but i have bursted fuel lines before while driving....

I think you should be fine with a 20amp fuse. It popped the 15 because a Walbro 255 pulls more current than the stock one.

 

well after this fuse blowing incident my cd player decided it dosent want to turn on. im sad. but better cd player than the engine.

 

all you need to hear is sppppooooooool pssssh anyhow

 

that's odd.. never had this happen to me b4.. i've run 2 seperate walbro pumps in 2 seperate cars... must be an isolated incident...

 

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no ive heard of this happening a couple of times here on HT, one thread was recommending to replace the fuse.........

 

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Yeah Id check your connections at the pump. Might have a bad ground

 

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beat u both first time driving exploded the fuel line then fixed it then took it again and blew that fuse. thought i blew the motor. took me an hour to find the dahm fuse

 

yeah.. well the car runs great now, i think that one fuse was just old. so now it runs fine. i just cant figure out why the #14 fuse would cause my cd player to take a ****? thanks guys.

 

a customer had an 02 sensor wire grounding out...just another thing to check...

 

Haha, I had the SAME problem a year ago on a FMU. I was in full boost getting onto the freeway when it just died. I thought it was done for. After raising my car up on the side of the freeway because it was too low to tow, I finally got it home and found that damn fuse. It was a day after I installed the pump too.

I made a post about this when it happened, and it's happened to a couple other people too. They install a walbro pump, it blows that exact fuse, replaced it with same rating, and never had another problem. So you're not alone. Now I just carry about 3 extras