gas pump dying need help please!

[bottomline2000]

pretty sure you have to drop the tank from the bottom. No access from the inside of the truck. I have a fluttering gas gauge that can read empty right after a fill up, but so far the pump is hanging in there. the trip meter is your friend with this crap starts happening.

 

[puckhead]

pretty sure you have to drop the tank from the bottom. No access from the inside of the truck. I have a fluttering gas gauge that can read empty right after a fill up, but so far the pump is hanging in there. the trip meter is your friend with this crap starts happening.

That should be the sender thing. My dad just replaced his in is 2000 Silverado

 

[CleanT]

yup its the sender thing and i think its messin around with the pump its self..thing sounds horrible damm
well i definitely know whats going down this friday haha ill post back after the fix thanks all

 

[CleanT]

Alright guys just got the whip back from a local mechanic shop and its lookin good no noises no nothing its perfect the gauge is reading correctly, but one thing i noticed is that my muffler doesn't really rumble like it used to..or maybe its just me haha but i ended up buying the pump at a part store for $300 and had the tank dropped and the fuel pump swapped for $100..sure as hellll beats the dealers $1000

 

[phonedrn8]

i seen on you tue a video for a tahoe or Burb replace fuel pump jack stand and fuel disconnect tool and reg tools , you have to drop slide and wiggle, remove, replace pump the take out about 3 hrs total with reinstall

 

[Jay]

Fuel pump replacements are generally outrageously priced from dealers. Like said, the pumps can usually be had for $250 or less and with a couple hours of elbow grease, you're on the road again.

IIRC you have to drop the tank to change the sending unit so you might as well replace the pump if it's got over 80k miles. Of the dozens of GM trucks I've owned through the business, maybe 8-10 of them went over 130k on the factory fuel pump. I change the fuel pump in my personal vehicles every 100k miles just for preventative maintenance!