Hi Guys , I'm in Australia and we have what we thought was a '97 Dodge Ram 1500 5.2L sport club cab 6 seater , have had it a number of years , its a beautiful truck , but lately we had got some bad fuel , so I thought I would put a new fuel pump in it .
We went online and bought one from Texas ( they told me it was top quality ) , it got shipped over , we installed it , lasted about a week ....pump motor stopped working , the Texas company shipped over another one , we installed that one ....it lasted 2 weeks.....the pick up tube from the pump motor to the regulator filter fell off , I fixed that and got the truck going again and also fitted a new Standard brand crankshaft position sensor while we had the truck off the road .
All good ........we have noticed now the truck takes a heap of cranking to start the engine and when it does start , it blows heaps of black smoke out the exhaust .....................to me its flooding on start up ...??????

I have read somewhere there are 2 types of fuel pump pressures on these things , around 50 lbs fuel pressure on the '97 - '98 Rams and about 36 lbs on the '94 - '96 Rams ..............

I seem to think I maybe have the wrong fuel pump for this injection on the truck ............

the date of manufacture plate says 11/96 ( pop rivetted on the firewall ) and also the injection rails dont have the pressure port test fitting .

....... can I check the VIN number to give me the exact year ??

Anybody got any ideas ...........nobody here in Australia has been of any help , and we love our little pick up

Cheers from across the billabong

 

Check HERE.

Also, what brand fuel pump are they sending you? Stay away from Airtex. Look for Denso.

 

11/96 is technically a 97, but may still have things from a 96 model year.

 

Mr GdStock , thanks for the link ........Yep the VIN confirms the truck as a '97 , the new fuel pump had no markings on it at all to tell me what brand , it looks very Chineesy to me , the box says ...made in China

 

Unless you want to repeat this exercise within the year, return it, and get a denso, or delphi unit. They cost more, but, you won't be replacing it every year either.

 

The starting issue to me sounds like your computer doesn't like the new crank sensor.

 

You need a fuel pressure tester to verify what the pump is putting out and how long it holds the pressure for after shut down.

 

Yep , Definately ordering a new Denso unit ...........

I was also told the Standard Brand of crank position sensors were top quality........???

Thanks for the replies guys .........

heres a pic of my wife with our pick up

 

Nice. (the truck too....)

Standard motor products are pretty good. Dealer parts are generally the best, but, you pay a premium for that too.....

 

the connecters on the pumps are different so you indeed have the right pump