motor shut down after changing water pump

2002 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
216,000 MILES
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JULIE9136
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20002 chevy express will not crank over but iI have all the lights on the dash when I turn the key on ;Blower motor don:t come on nor fuel pump. I put a water pump on it,s a4.3 vorteck the motor just shut down. I have all of my dash lights when i turn the key on but my heater blower don.t come on i don.t have power to my fule pump I ingage the key to start nothing 0 my head lights go off untill i let go of the key
Oct 11, 2011 at 11:43 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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if you put a thermostat in it, which I hope you did, there is a ground wire that mounts on one of the bolts. make sure you hooked that up.

otherwise, go over what you did to make sure you did not leave anything else off. I assume this all worked before you did the job??

Roy
Oct 11, 2011 at 11:49 AM
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