This is false. BOTH relays are needed for the fuel pump to run.

One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch.

The other relay turns on the fuel pump, controlled by the ECU.

If you put a bad relay into the ECU relay position, the ECU will not
turn on and then it CAN'T turn on the fuel pump relay.

This bad info is even in the WIKI, where many others can be "helped" by it.

Mark

> This has been discussed recently. The consensus is that the fuel pump relay
> is probably not working. There are two identical relays in the system. One
> is called power supply relay. And the other is the fuel pump relay. If I name
> them incorrectly please correct me. Basically you can swap the two and see
> if it makes any difference to help identifying the problem.
>
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