It just won't start

[Bodaggit]

Progress!!!

18 psi at the filter.

Starting to look just like a bad pump.

[blazee]

Sounds like it. I hope your pump is still under warranty.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by Bodaggit

Progress!!!

18 psi at the filter.

Starting to look just like a bad pump.

Also check your battery and its state of charge, most likely it is your pump, but a poor battery could also cause low pressure.

Battery should read 12.8v+ with the engine off and 14.4+ while running.

[Bodaggit]

Originally Posted by blazee

Sounds like it. I hope your pump is still under warranty.

It is. Was hoping I'd never have to use the warranty on it, but I'm glad it's got one now.

[Bodaggit]

Finally got it going, and it was the fuel pump, it just didn't go completely dead like I thought it would. The first time I changed it, the fuel pump wouldn't even come on at all.

This one was still under warranty and all, so it was a pretty cheap fix, minus the cost of towing it two and a half hours back to the house, all I can say is thank goodness for U-Haul car haulers.

I read once before that a dirty fuel filter can cause this to happen. While mine wasn't as free flowing as a new one, it didn't hardly seem clogged up terribly either. What would you say that the recommended mileage is to change a fuel filter?

[blazee]

30,000 or 2 years which ever comes first.

[Jeremy Fitch]

Originally Posted by Bodaggit

Finally got it going, and it was the fuel pump, it just didn't go completely dead like I thought it would. The first time I changed it, the fuel pump wouldn't even come on at all.

This one was still under warranty and all, so it was a pretty cheap fix, minus the cost of towing it two and a half hours back to the house, all I can say is thank goodness for U-Haul car haulers.

I read once before that a dirty fuel filter can cause this to happen. While mine wasn't as free flowing as a new one, it didn't hardly seem clogged up terribly either. What would you say that the recommended mileage is to change a fuel filter?

Recommended replacement is 30,000 or 2 years.



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[DINO55]

Dirty Fuel Filters and Running your Gasoline below 1/4 tank will put a huge strain on your Fuel Pump. Gasoline acts as a coolent for the pump, the lower it is in the tank, the hotter your pump runs...