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Moonlite37
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Somebody said, "If it ain't broken, do not fix it" May have been Benjamin Franklin, or Gomer Pyle.
First off............. DO you have { AAA }????? I had to pay $138.oo to get a rollback home and about 130K latter THIS time with AAA it was free. Now AAA is like 80 bucks a year for the better plan but you have to be nuts not to have it. As far as the pump goes I would say HECK yes at that mileage it is tomorrow or another 40K miles. Middle of the summer one mile from home or ten below and 80 miles up some blasted mountain pass.
onefarmer
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- Location
- 6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879
Just keep a roll of duct tape under the seat.
wilson ind
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New one may be junk. Stay hitched as one old fellow used to tell me.
I posted here back last April? about a no-start on a 2003 F350 5.4L with 34000 original miles. Turned out it WAS the fuel pump. The ABSOLUTE worst part was getting the bed off! It was full of fuel and it died IN THE BARN LOT! :-(
WHat I DID learn was the way to test the fuse block. There are two wires that go to the inertia switch. Unplug and using a light tester test the pink wire while grounded with the tester. Turn on the key, three hands helps, and within about three seconds the light should come on and then go out. If it doesn't come on then the fuse block is bad. I now have a spare fuse block, don't ask me why.
I would rather have it parked in my driveway where I can easily work on it than in a barn lot fourteen miles away. Your mileage may vary.
The bed bolts, you only have six I had eight, were ground off and replaced, another great Dorf idea.
Good Luck!
WHat I DID learn was the way to test the fuse block. There are two wires that go to the inertia switch. Unplug and using a light tester test the pink wire while grounded with the tester. Turn on the key, three hands helps, and within about three seconds the light should come on and then go out. If it doesn't come on then the fuse block is bad. I now have a spare fuse block, don't ask me why.
I would rather have it parked in my driveway where I can easily work on it than in a barn lot fourteen miles away. Your mileage may vary.
The bed bolts, you only have six I had eight, were ground off and replaced, another great Dorf idea.
Good Luck!
Had another thought on this. My Explorer had 180 the first time and like 280 the second time. Parked it at 383K. Now I have been tooling around on Utube and have seen several videos to change out the fuse panel. Hummmm something goes bad. Go play around on Utube and look into how to change your trucks fuel pump. You might get a new in site to your question. As you are thinking there may be another bug floating around.
Today just for a little off track story. My Expedition with 174K on it was running rough with only seven cylinders doing their work. Had a friend plug in his magic box and up comes { cylinder seven misfire detected on start up 1000 RPMs. } So I bought a new NAPA coil pack at $50,oo. Went on Utube to see how to do it. Easy as pie. You even find out that #7 is on the drivers side of the engine. Also add a dab of silicone grease. Also found that three other coils have been changed. One not marked and two Denzo units. She runs like a sewing machine now. YEA!
There is SOOO much information on the net now!
Today just for a little off track story. My Expedition with 174K on it was running rough with only seven cylinders doing their work. Had a friend plug in his magic box and up comes { cylinder seven misfire detected on start up 1000 RPMs. } So I bought a new NAPA coil pack at $50,oo. Went on Utube to see how to do it. Easy as pie. You even find out that #7 is on the drivers side of the engine. Also add a dab of silicone grease. Also found that three other coils have been changed. One not marked and two Denzo units. She runs like a sewing machine now. YEA!
There is SOOO much information on the net now!
I had an old junker Chevy Cavalier I used to drive 35 miles to work every day. The fuel pump was tired and it wouldn't start after it had set. A new pump was about $300, the car was worth about $299. I carried a deadblow hammer in the backseat. In the morning and before I left work to head home, I would just reach under the car with the deadblow and smack the tank. Then the pump would take off and the car would start. Ran it that way for about 6 months. What a piece of crap that thing always was.
Ross
Ross
I wasn't going to comment on this thread, but what you posted "Keep that fuel tank at least half full and you will never need to change a fuel pump" is complete BULL pucky.
Typically, in tank electric fuel pumps "live" in the bottom of a plastic insert/baffle/container that is kept full of fuel by the returning fuel from the fuel pressure regulator, and are COVERED and cooled by gasoline down to the point that the tank is completely empty.
Typically, in tank electric fuel pumps "live" in the bottom of a plastic insert/baffle/container that is kept full of fuel by the returning fuel from the fuel pressure regulator, and are COVERED and cooled by gasoline down to the point that the tank is completely empty.
T in NE
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- Cambridge, Nebraska
Stay away from airtex if you replace it. Unless you want to do it again by next winter.
Hobo,NC
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- Location
- Sanford, NC
The best preventive maintenance you can do is replace the fuel filter every 30K.
The health of the pump can be scoped tho I m not a big fan of selling this service unless I have a driveabilty issue. I have see bad pumps pass scope test with flying colors... In those cases it failed a pressure test while driving it once I pulled my head out of my arse.
K Effective
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I was having issues with the fuel tank sender on my 1989 Chevy plow truck, and let the step-son of a coworker work on it. The kid had just graduated from mechanic's school and was working for a little, independent shop where he made more for work he brought in. I knew how rusty the tank was going to be and figured he could use the work. "While you have the bed off/tank open, let's replace the original fuel pump".
Well, he managed to cross the lines for the fuel return and the tank vent somehow. With fairly light use I did not notice right away, but as soon as I needed to plow snow, the truck didn't want to run right. Then the exhaust let loose, so I figured that was causing the misfire. I took the truck to my muffler guy, and when we pulled it onto his hoist, we could not shut the engine off! It was dieseling along on its own, ignition off, keys out, even unplugged the TBI injector, still chugging along. We had to smother it like those runaway Detroit diesel videos. Turns out, the charcoal canister was filling up with fuel, which then was being sucked directly into the intake manifold supplying the engine enough fuel to keep firing. I ended up taking it to another local shop for diagnosis and repair, and on the second attempt, they figured it all out. Should have just kept track of the miles to track fuel tank level.
Well, he managed to cross the lines for the fuel return and the tank vent somehow. With fairly light use I did not notice right away, but as soon as I needed to plow snow, the truck didn't want to run right. Then the exhaust let loose, so I figured that was causing the misfire. I took the truck to my muffler guy, and when we pulled it onto his hoist, we could not shut the engine off! It was dieseling along on its own, ignition off, keys out, even unplugged the TBI injector, still chugging along. We had to smother it like those runaway Detroit diesel videos. Turns out, the charcoal canister was filling up with fuel, which then was being sucked directly into the intake manifold supplying the engine enough fuel to keep firing. I ended up taking it to another local shop for diagnosis and repair, and on the second attempt, they figured it all out. Should have just kept track of the miles to track fuel tank level.
jimg.allentown
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The pump you are considering replacing may be a better pump than the replacement that you are considering. I go along with the "don't fix it if it isn't broken" folks.
P. S. I have put several Airtex pumps on vehicles. Haven't had one fail yet.
P. S. I have put several Airtex pumps on vehicles. Haven't had one fail yet.
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