Do you think it could be a security or fuel pump issue or something else?

1998 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
21,000 MILES
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BROOMTREE
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I was driving my 98 Linc. Navigator when it sputtered and stalled. After trying repeatedly to start it I noticed that the security light kept flashing quickly. I sprayed starting fluid into the intake and it started right up so I thought it might be the fuel pump but a mechanic I talked to thought that maybe the ignition key lost its code. I took the key to a hardware store where they read the key and said the code was still there so I had them transfer it to a new key but it fails to start the truck as well. I also noticed a very fast clicking sound coming from the fuse box under the hood that wasn't there before. Do you think it could be a security or fuel pump issue or something else?

Thanks,

Dale
Apr 7, 2012 at 6:00 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Check to see if there is fuel pump pressure. It could be fuel pump or relay.
Apr 7, 2012 at 6:02 PM
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