1995 4.0 fuel problem

[oldaurora352]

Hello all,

I'm new and just read hours of threads without finding any mention of a sock filter on the in tank fuel pump.

My engine starts great then stalls from fuel starvation. I had a dodge that did the same thing that turned out to be buildup on the sock that caused it to collapse and shut off fuel.

Is this possible or known to happen on the Aurora filter?

[lynzoid]

very rare.
fuel sender unit is accesible thru the hatch in the trunk...
why you think its 'fuel starvation' ?
NS is a very complex engine

[oldaurora352]

>why you think its 'fuel starvation' ?
>NS is a very complex engine[/quote]

Thanks for replying so quickly,

The symptoms are exactly like the symptoms of an old Dodge van I once owned. It would start, even run for a distance occasionally, then die. It would restart after a short wait. Replacing the sock filter on the end of the pickup completely solved that problem.

When I looked at a picture of the replacement pump for my Aurora and saw that it had a sock filter, I decided to inquire about the possibilitys.

Of course, the complexity of the Aurora is lightyears beyond the old Dodge but a plugged filter seemed like a good place to start troubleshooting. Also checking all the fuses.

We love this old car. 263,000 miles.

[lynzoid]

with THAT mileage i think you'll find some horrid sights in there (fuel sender unit).
best to completely replace it - check out ebay for bargain prices

also replace inline fuel filter just to be on the sure side

[55624096]

If you have tools and are mechanical you can beat the fuel pump sender $ problem by just replacing the pump not the whole sender unit. You can get a new pump kit from efuelpumps.com part #E8785-899KME for $107.83 including freight. This beats 240.++ for new sender. Doesn't take any skill to take your old sender apart and install new pump with this kit. Also think Advance auto parts has pump only for 100.00 part #745296. I will make it a lot easier if you can borrow pump removal tool J39765 from someone.

[oldaurora352]

Originally Posted by lynzoid

with THAT mileage i think you'll find some horrid sights in there >(fuel sender unit).
>best to completely replace it - check out ebay for bargain prices

>also replace inline fuel filter just to be on the sure side

Well, here we are 2 months later and I finally got a local mechanic to come over to change out the in-line filter.

(I am disabled and unable to do any work myself.)

When he got the line off, we captured the fuel in a coffee can. Only it wasn't fuel but water. He drained out over a gallon of it and my "95" now runs great again.

Happy days.