Fuel pump ,,, fuel pressure,,, IDK
Hi all been some time time since i been on miss reading up on stuff, but i do have a problem 2000 extended cab 4.7lt 248.000 miles, thinking my fuel pump is going bad, i can here it turn on when am under it and someone turns the key but it does not have that nice hmm as before, truck will start run for about a min then dies off hrd starting after that. when running at higher rpm's it will die off hard starting after. i changed out the fuel relay cheapest part, still does same thing. bad thing is if i do have to change the pump it has a fuel tank, i read that it can be done if the bed is removed any truths to that. and other thoughts
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Yes you can pull the box to do the pump. For me
I dropped the tank easy for me use a hoist. |
I'm surprised you got that many miles out of it. My old rams pump died right before 200k My 96 i did at around 165K and this is what the pump armature looked like.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/dodgefo...0fbf03338b.jpg |
Thank you still not sure on which way to go on this
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So small, and for some reason i got the lucky truck reallly have done nothing to it as in respires
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Drop the tank on a weekend it should only take about
1.5 hrs in and out. All you need is a floor jack and a friend to help. |
Nice would not think it will be bad of a job, with all the miles on it just dont want to run in more problems, will be ordering a new fuel pump this week.
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Borrow a fuel pressure gauge if you don't have one and check to see that the fuel pressure is dropping off right before it stalls. If it's not, then a fuel pump is not going to solve your problem.
As far as whether to drop the tank or pull the bed, it depends on what equipment you have available. I don't have a lift in my garage, but I do have an overhead electric hoist, so I opted to take the bed off. I don't think it took more than about an hour to do the whole job, start to finish. I've also done them by dropping the tank, and that's almost as easy. |
I'll state that when I did my fuel pump, I emptied the bed out, took the tailgate off, and my stepson and me (first time) or my nephew and me (second time - screwed up and didn't fix the fuel sending unit when I replaced the pump!) could walk the 8' longbed off my 1988 back to work on the gas tank and forward. Just the two of us.
And I'm a computer geek, my idea of "heavy lifting" is a 4-DVD movie pack *grins* RwP |
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