I've got a 2000 Dodge Quad Cab SWB 2500 4x4 with a 5.9L V8 and I want to know how I can determine what size fuel tank is in it. The truck was made in Canada. The fuel tank is really long under the truck and I'm sure that my wife and Ihad put in like 30 -32 galsinto the fuel tank at the pump before. I've narrowed it down to the fuel pump going out, but I want to make sure that I get the correct one for it. My wife found a website that shows that the quad cab short box trucks came with 34 gal fuel tanks, and I had a feeling that was the size of the tank. Can anyone tell me how to verify the size of the fuel tank?
The cat doesn't feel plugged at all because the motor will rev up fast like it's supposed to when you blip the throttle. I had my mechanic friend rev it up while I put my hand down by the tail pipe and it pushed my hand away from the exhaust when he revved the motor. The truck idles fine and runs great except now when you give it more throttle, it just keeps revving and fallsdown on it's **** with no power. I'm going to drive it to my mechanic friend's work in the morning and have them do a fuel pressure test on it to verify the pump is going out or not. The tranny is still nice and tight with no slippage whatsoever. I'll let you know what I find out.
The cat doesn't feel plugged at all because the motor will rev up fast like it's supposed to when you blip the throttle. I had my mechanic friend rev it up while I put my hand down by the tail pipe and it pushed my hand away from the exhaust when he revved the motor. The truck idles fine and runs great except now when you give it more throttle, it just keeps revving and fallsdown on it's **** with no power. I'm going to drive it to my mechanic friend's work in the morning and have them do a fuel pressure test on it to verify the pump is going out or not. The tranny is still nice and tight with no slippage whatsoever. I'll let you know what I find out.
Grand Champion
Well normally a short bed has a 26 gallon tank and a long bed has a 35 gallon tank but yours is a 2500 so you have a 34 gallon tank i believe that a swb 2500 has a 34 for some reason but if im wrong than its a 35
I'm pretty sure it's a 34 gal tank, because the long box trucks came with the 35 gal tank. The one time I put like 32 gals in the tank at the fuel station, the gas gauge was just barely above the E mark.
I took my Dodge to my friend's work and they performed a fuel pressure test, and it was 50 psi all the way from idle to where it would fall on it's butt. I did notice a rattle in the truck when I first fired it up yesterday morning, so I had them cut the exhaust pipe to look at the cat and it was broken internally. Apparently the v8 Dodge trucks factory catalytic converters are prone to break internally, while the v10s used a different cat and do not have this issue. It is a known issue with the V8 Dodge trucks, so I just thought I'd let you all know about it.
I had the new cat and a new Flo Pro muffler installed on Friday and the truck sounded great. My wife drove the truck Saturday and it was working great, then this morning she tries to go to work and the truck turns over, but no start. So I called my old boss at the shop where I had the exhaust work done, and he said that if the fuel pump is going out, I can kick the side of the fuel tank a couple times to see if I can get the fuel pump to work again. He said that on the gas dodges, the armature on the pump doesn't make a good contact when the pump is getting ready to go out. So I slid under the truck and kicked the side of the fuel tank, and then I fired it up and it's running again. So now I'm picking up a new fuel pump for $204 from the local Schuck's Auto Parts.