Fuel pump replacement
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Fuel pump replacement
After filling up with fuel my engine would crank over but would not start. Had AAA come to my rescue and he took a crowbar to the side of the fuel tank and then it would start. So does this mean i need a new fuel pump or could it have been vapor locked since I ran it so low on fuel on a decline?How difficult is it to replace and should I stay with a motorcraft fuel pump? 2001 f250.
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Probably the fuel pump - banging on the tank is a typical test 
The brushes get a little worn, the commutator gets a little crudded up, and banging on the tank gets the pump to move just a little bit and it suddenly starts up.
How many miles are on it?
I had the plastic retaining ring (looks like a mason jar cap) break on my tank, that holds the fittings and float assembly on top of the tank. Had to remove the tank to do it, just like changing the fuel pump. What a pain.
Some people say it's easier to take the bed off, but I didn't have a couple of friends around to help, and didn't feel like messing around with it anyway...
The brushes get a little worn, the commutator gets a little crudded up, and banging on the tank gets the pump to move just a little bit and it suddenly starts up.
How many miles are on it?
I had the plastic retaining ring (looks like a mason jar cap) break on my tank, that holds the fittings and float assembly on top of the tank. Had to remove the tank to do it, just like changing the fuel pump. What a pain.
Some people say it's easier to take the bed off, but I didn't have a couple of friends around to help, and didn't feel like messing around with it anyway...
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Probably the fuel pump - banging on the tank is a typical test
The brushes get a little worn, the commutator gets a little crudded up, and banging on the tank gets the pump to move just a little bit and it suddenly starts up.
How many miles are on it?
I had the plastic retaining ring (looks like a mason jar cap) break on my tank, that holds the fittings and float assembly on top of the tank. Had to remove the tank to do it, just like changing the fuel pump. What a pain.
Some people say it's easier to take the bed off, but I didn't have a couple of friends around to help, and didn't feel like messing around with it anyway...
The brushes get a little worn, the commutator gets a little crudded up, and banging on the tank gets the pump to move just a little bit and it suddenly starts up.
How many miles are on it?
I had the plastic retaining ring (looks like a mason jar cap) break on my tank, that holds the fittings and float assembly on top of the tank. Had to remove the tank to do it, just like changing the fuel pump. What a pain.
Some people say it's easier to take the bed off, but I didn't have a couple of friends around to help, and didn't feel like messing around with it anyway...
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I'm not an "oem" kinda guy - but then, I do all my own work so if it craps out, there's no one else to blame. The second time around is always easier anyway 
I look at aftermarket as just about the same quality as OEM - for instance, if a part like the IAC fails consistently very often, why go back and buy the OEM part to replace it?
I've found on lots of parts like fuel pumps, and all sorts of other things, the aftermarket part is usually NEVER any different than the OEM. It's not like China is making cheapo copies of Ford fuel pumps and dumping them on the market. There's way too many variations for most aftermarket companies to come up with a replacement for each and every one. What do they do? Buy direct from Ford's suppliers in bulk.
Places like Dorman, who makes aftermarket intake manifolds for the notorious 4.6L that cracks the plastic intakes, they make them BETTER than the OEM part because they fail so much. And make money doing it.
Anyway, I'll get off my soap box for now...
I look at aftermarket as just about the same quality as OEM - for instance, if a part like the IAC fails consistently very often, why go back and buy the OEM part to replace it?
I've found on lots of parts like fuel pumps, and all sorts of other things, the aftermarket part is usually NEVER any different than the OEM. It's not like China is making cheapo copies of Ford fuel pumps and dumping them on the market. There's way too many variations for most aftermarket companies to come up with a replacement for each and every one. What do they do? Buy direct from Ford's suppliers in bulk.
Places like Dorman, who makes aftermarket intake manifolds for the notorious 4.6L that cracks the plastic intakes, they make them BETTER than the OEM part because they fail so much. And make money doing it.
Anyway, I'll get off my soap box for now...
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I think i will stick with mc thanks for the info everyone. I will see how difficult to change out this weekend.
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I replaced fuel pump today not to difficult.Removed the bed and unbolted rear strap on fuel tank so i could push down on tank to remove sending unit harness that goes under frame cross rail.Took about 5 hours.
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Just curious, do you think it was easier to pull the bed rather than try to drop the tank? I'm thinking about replacing my pump this summer as a preventative maintance, I go out to the desert a lot and would rather not have my pump fail in the middle of nowhere.
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It's not too bad getting the tank out from underneath, as long as you don't have a lot of gas in it.
I'd pull the schrader valve from the fuel rail, hose-clamp a hose onto it, and put +12V to the fuel pump and pump the gas out into containers.
The only bitch is when you disconnect the fuel lines from the tank and it runs all over you
I'd pull the schrader valve from the fuel rail, hose-clamp a hose onto it, and put +12V to the fuel pump and pump the gas out into containers.
The only bitch is when you disconnect the fuel lines from the tank and it runs all over you
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I had a chain hoist in the shop.I unbolted the 8 bolts in the bed unpluged the tail light harness and removed 3 screws for the filler neck then hoisted the bed off everything was waist high and didnt even need help.
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