Q: The fuel pump is not getting power
I have put a new fuel pump in and it will crank but not start put a new relay in same thing cha ged the oil pressure sending unit still does the same thing unplugged the battery to reset the computer what else could it be I need help on this
My car has 135000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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