Fuel Pump question
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Fuel Pump question
Hi have a 1979 Ford F-150 pickup 4 x4 with dual gas tanks. It was running fine and started leaking gas from the fuel pump. We replaced fuel pump, truck started immediately. It ran a few minutes then stalled. Got it restarted and then drove about 10 miles and then it started cutting out and then stalled. Thinking maybe the fuel pump was faulty replaced it once again. There appears to be no gas getting to fuel pump but if we blew the lines from front tank gas did come from the hose leading to fuel pump. Any suggestions? Are there 2 fuel pumps? What do we try next. Thanks Meg
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Originally Posted by d & p
There appears to be no gas getting to fuel pump but if we blew the lines from front tank gas did come from the hose leading to fuel pump.
I like to use a section of hose from fuel pump into gas can, if fuel pump is working, the engine will run - be carefull...
The usual culprit is the tank selector valve or rotted rubber hose. Replace the rubber hoses under truck and inspect selector valve.
Let us know what you find...
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Marty,
Just wanted to say Thank you for the answer you posted to our question. We picked up a fuel selector valve, tried that option and still could not get the truck to start. IT would by the way run great using a jug of gasoline to the fuel pump. We had checked the lines and all appeared to be okay. Once determined that we did have gas to the selector valve (which by the way had apparently been bad for a while cuz whenever we switched to aux tank the truck would stall out, thinking it had dirty or bad gas inside we have not used it for a long time). We then tried to blow air into line from back of truck to the line before fuel filter to get the gas to fill the hose..........lo and behold hear air coming from another location. The hose leading to the fuel pump had a wear hole in the top from the steering rod and must have cracked open from being taken off and put back on. Walla replaced the hose and the truck started immediately. Thanks again from a fellow older Ford p-up owner. D & P
Just wanted to say Thank you for the answer you posted to our question. We picked up a fuel selector valve, tried that option and still could not get the truck to start. IT would by the way run great using a jug of gasoline to the fuel pump. We had checked the lines and all appeared to be okay. Once determined that we did have gas to the selector valve (which by the way had apparently been bad for a while cuz whenever we switched to aux tank the truck would stall out, thinking it had dirty or bad gas inside we have not used it for a long time). We then tried to blow air into line from back of truck to the line before fuel filter to get the gas to fill the hose..........lo and behold hear air coming from another location. The hose leading to the fuel pump had a wear hole in the top from the steering rod and must have cracked open from being taken off and put back on. Walla replaced the hose and the truck started immediately. Thanks again from a fellow older Ford p-up owner. D & P
