# Dodge Neon 1998

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-neon-1998/7547>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 22, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-neon-1998/7547 "2007-11-22T01:37:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Laurie\_Paul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/laurie_paul/32/495_2.png) [@Laurie\_Paul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Laurie_Paul)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-neon-1998/7547/1 "2007-11-22T01:37:56Z")

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Fuel pump fuse blows  
  
  
  
 removing auto shutdown relay  
  
  
  
 and fuel pump runs and no fuse blow  
  
  
  
 leaving auto shutdown in and fuel pump  
  
  
  
 relay out and fuel pump fuse blows  
  
  
  
 looking at wire diagram and removing  
  
  
  
 green/orange injectors, noise suppressor,  
  
  
  
 oxygen sensors,coil pack & generator  
  
  
  
 The green/orange wire still tests grounded.  
  
  
  
 wire diagram shows 0.47 micro farad capacitor…  
  
  
  
 Is this part of the generator/alternator?  
  
  
  
 looking at wire diagram simply removing  
  
  
  
 green/orange from a liernaior does this  
  
  
  
 disconnect capacitor from wire  
  
  
  
 (green/orange) Could this be a shorted  
  
  
  
 too ground?  
  
  
  
 Is capacitor part of generator?

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-neon-1998/7547/2 "2007-11-22T06:33:46Z")

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Are you calling fuse #21 (20 Amp) the fuel pump fuse?. I’ll assume so. You’ve pinned down a short to the dark green/orange wire from the ASD relay to all the components it powers. Have you, actually disconnected the dk grn/o wire from the alternator, both oxygen sensors, the fuel injectors, ignition coil, and the engine computer, and the circuit still shows grounded? If you have, and the fuse #21 still blows, then the short has to be in the wire, or the capacitor, to ground. The capacitor is a noise suppressor for spurious electronic noise for the entire circuit. It, normally, only acts as a ground for higher frequencies (static), It’s not impossible that it has grounded the dc power.