Hi All, I have a 2001 F150 Supercrew (V8, 5.4L, a/c, 2whl dr) and I had a fuel pump failure while out on vaction in Colorado. Broke down at night, on a weekend, in a very small town, with no Ford dealership or national auto parts chain store, & with hardly any tools. Long story short: The Good News is that we found a mom & pop auto parts store that was open & who actually had a replacement fuel pump. Changed out fuel pump & truck started & got us home to California. The bad news: Had to cut the 2 small hoses coming off the top of the gas tank (but they were pretty deteriorated anyway)to get the tank off to change the fuel pump. We replaced the 2 hoses with tubing we got at a hardware store. Problem now is that when we try and fill up the gas tank, the pump keeps clicking off. We have to barely squeeze the gas pump handle & fill the tank VERY slowly. Go to fast & the gas pump clicks off. It takes forever to fill the tank. I am wondering if the 2 hoses are the problem. I am not sure but I imagine the 2 hoses have something to do with venting the gas tank???Perhaps one hose got kinked when we raised the gas tank back under the truck. I can't find any pictures or drawings of the gas tank (in my repair manual) that shows the two hoses, and their part numbers so that I could get replcements. I'm not sue what the 2 small hoses are even for. Anyone have this problem? Is there something else that could be the cause of the problem? **Also: After reading some of the other posts here, I am wondering if my truck will pass smog(Calif) test to register the truck in July. Anyone know?

 

You didn't happen to crimp the fill hose wile reinstalling it did you?

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I should have mentioned, we also replaced the rubber filler hose(thatgoes from the end of the filled tube at the fuel door to the top of the gas tank). The mom & pop autostore didn't have the exact same hose but the did have on that had the same bend, but was a few inches longer on both ends. We trimmed both ends until it matched the old rubber filler hose. It wasn't an exact match, but extremely close. I will check again however to see if it could have been crimped. It was dark & we were using flashlights, but that hose was/is pretty easy to see, until it dissapears right above the tank. Do you know what the 2 rubber hoses off the top of the tank are for??

 

I'm not sure exactly, but I think one is the return line and one is a vent line. But I could be wrong.