1994 XJ6 Sovereign BRG(HFB)Barley(AFW)
1987 XJ6 III JRG(HEN)Biscuit(ADE)
My 94 car recently sustained a no start issue. Anne parked it one night then the next morning it would not start (turned over but would no fire). I check the fuse the all the way back to the f/pump relay which I found to be functioning fine. I manually closed the relay to get power to the fuel pump power line as test at the relay out wire, with only silence coming from the pump. I decided to take the fuel tank out for access to the pump assuming the pump had failed (as I have seen before although with older cars with more kilometers than mine) during he process of removing the tank, I came across a 2 wire plug behind the battery which led directly the the evaporative loss flange on top of the tank. When I disconnected the plug (identified as an 'econseal III HR type), I noticed indications of one of the female bayonet terminals had become hot. I was unable to check for continuity from the relay to the evap loss flange because the flange was wedged up under the parcel shelf. I managed to get the tank out and extricate the pump. On the bench I put power to the pump and it whurred over quite nicely. I didn't know whether to be over-joyed because it worked ($800.00 Can$ retail) or disappointed because it did and I had no idea why it did not perform in the car. I decided to put it back together and focus on the heated connection. My main question is, does anybody know how to get the plug apart? I have discussed this with many sources and everyone says, as you might expect, there are probes designed to push on lock mechanisms. I have access to a wide assortment of probes and have picked and poked at everything I can see but to now avail. I have decided that the pump caused the connection to over heat and I am going to replace it but I still need to fix the terminal as it has become soft and lost its tension. After reinstalling the tank with the original pump, the car ran fine except for one occaision when the pump ran noisy until I shut the engine off afterwhich at next start up the pump was noraml. I would appreciate your comments and any suggestion about replacing the pump and repairing the terminal. I would prefer to keep the terminal as original inspite of it simply requiring a heavy 2 wire blade type connection. Bob