I'm no tech but I know my way around tools. My mom was driving my truck the other day and it just died on her. AAA came out and found the battery to be dead. She had it towed to her house and called me that night to tell me the wonderful news. Anyway, I went over there yesterday to replace the battery and the first thing I notice is that the fuel pump isn't coming on. I'm hoping there is an electrical gremlin I can track down before I buy a fuel pump I don't need. I checked the under hood fuses and they are all good. Any other suggestions guys/gals?
kinda stumped...
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ATL
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fuel pumps act like that all the time. u should borrow a fuel pressure gauge from your local parts store. if/when it does it again, reach under the rear driverside door and bang on the fuel tank, itll prob fire up momentarily if its the pump
I tried banging on the tank, got a whole lotta nothing out of it. No noise, nothing. For additional info, the truck will start and run for a few seconds, but it ultimately dies. Also, the entire time the truck is running I don't hear the fuel pump.
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when its running, is it showing 14 volts?
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get the pressure gauge and check that first then. make sure ur not wasting time and money
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When my fuel pump died it did the same thing. Would start for a few seconds then die.
Was the battery actually dead or was that just what the tow truck driver decided to tell her?
Mike
Was the battery actually dead or was that just what the tow truck driver decided to tell her?
Mike
Battery was stone dead. It was tested at the scene and then autozone tried to charge it and it wouldn't hold a charge. I looked at switching to an Optima but I can't afford $200+ for a battery just now. I'd love to say that it's an electrical issue but my gut says the fuel pump just gave up the ghost. With almost 180k on the clock it had never been replaced. I knew it was a matter of time. The timing was just odd. The battery and fuel pump giving up together is what threw me.
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Check every fuse and relay before replacing it . 180 -220 k is about the benchmark for those pumps in a rough setting (ie running them from full to empty everytime, that's why these pump blow is because the fuel is what cools it) but other than that it's usually not just a " HAHA JUST KIDDING IM NOT GONNA WORK ANYMORE" kinda deal.
