Hi,
I am normally on the Excursion forums but I am working on my kids' 2005 V6 front wheel drive Escape and I think the fuel pump called it quits( luckily in my driveway).
I have checked the pump relay and the fuse and they seem good. I also unhooked the fuel line to the throttle body and checked the fuel pressure and it would not register above 5 PSI.
I unhooked the wires going to the sending unit/pump and there was 12 volts going to the pump. I then proceeded to start to remove the fuel pump and was totally surprised that when I went to lift the sending unit assembly out of the tank it seemed to be bolted to the bottom of the tank. This unit only had one fuel line coming from the sending unit( no vent line ).


Has anyone been thru this and if so how do you go about removing the pump? Any advice would be much appreciated.


Thanks,


Rob

 

After you have removed the access cover, you must loosen the locking ring

 

There's no good way to assemble a fuel pump to a fuel tank using a bolt at the bottom of the 'sender' assembly. There may be a 'shoe' and 'groove' whereby the sender is canted into the tank, the shoe fed into the groove, and the sender locked down onto the O-ring, sealing the tank and retaining the sender by the 'interrupted thread' metal "bolt".
The venting is likely connected to the fuel filler neck as that would be the 'high point' where the system is most likely to get vapor rather than liquid, and making assembly line connections easier. (maybe.)
There should also be a 'fuel pump module' on some that is controlled by the ECM and is used to diddle the juice fed to the fuel pump motor, and regulate fuel line pressure.
I understand this is a 'returnless' system, so only the single fuel line is necessary.
I used large 'water pump' pliers, or those also known as 'slip joint', grabbing onto the tabs on the tank and the interrupted thread bolt(sure doesn't look like a bolt, but it threads into something, so what else is it?), squeezing to move the tabs closer together in the 'loosen' direction. Be sure to first hose off all loose dirt and road decorations that have gathered together on the top of the tank.
tom

 

Well I had success last night!

After having a good look I figured out how to remove the plastic holder with the fuel pump. There are two big plastic tabs that lock this unit into the bottom of the tank. Once they release it is a bit tricky removing the whole unit with the sending unit out of the tank.
Then it is a bunch of very small screws you need to take off and the pump is in plain site. My aftermarket pump came with new fabric screens as well.
It took a few tries to get it to fire up but all seems well.
The only piece of advice for anyone is to have some rags to soak up any fuel that will spill while lifting the unit out of the tank.

Rob