voodoogsx
20+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 2, 2004
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Sherman Oaks,
California
So I go to start my car a couple of weeks back and the car would crank, but not start. I checked for spark, and that looked good, then started checking for fuel. Not so good. Power to the pump, but nothing was happening. As far as I know, this is the original pump, at least from 2003 on it's been the original. Time to upgrade I guess. Okay, time to remove it. Watched a few vids, I had a cheap line wrench and thought I'd give it a try. No bueno. After several tries and the wrench starting to slip, I figured I'd go with vise grips as that was an option if the nut started to round.
After several attempts and things getting worse, I opted to stop ruining the line any further just purchase a good line wrench to get the line under the car off. Bought a decent one and I had success. I vacuum the area of bits of metal that were on the lid then I pulled the sending unit/pump off and this is when I found something that kinda made me feel very uneasy. Little bits of metal/glitter in the fuel tank where the pump sat. Strap a magnet to a stick and I can pull pieces out.
Great...and I just filled up too....
So back to the pump. I remove it get some gas in a bucket and connect the pump to a battery.
first time I tried it it worked, tap the contact again, then it stopped working, tap again, then it started again. Seems like it's no quite right. No weird sounds though.
So now I got a couple questions.
Is this sending unit toast with the kinks in the line?
Can I get it fixed somehow or try to find a way to replace it?
I've shredded the flare nut and even out of the car, I can't get the thing to budge? Bring it to a shop since the flex line is still good?
Since there is glitter, I'm worried that this has already gone through the system. Pull the injectors and get them checked?
Flush the fuel line and try to use a magnet to get the glitter that has settled?
I've got a fuel filter and was going to upgrade to a walbro 120lpm pump to replace this current one depending on if I need a new sending unit or if there is something else I can do.
thoughts?
After several attempts and things getting worse, I opted to stop ruining the line any further just purchase a good line wrench to get the line under the car off. Bought a decent one and I had success. I vacuum the area of bits of metal that were on the lid then I pulled the sending unit/pump off and this is when I found something that kinda made me feel very uneasy. Little bits of metal/glitter in the fuel tank where the pump sat. Strap a magnet to a stick and I can pull pieces out.
Great...and I just filled up too....
So back to the pump. I remove it get some gas in a bucket and connect the pump to a battery.
first time I tried it it worked, tap the contact again, then it stopped working, tap again, then it started again. Seems like it's no quite right. No weird sounds though.
So now I got a couple questions.
Is this sending unit toast with the kinks in the line?
Can I get it fixed somehow or try to find a way to replace it?
I've shredded the flare nut and even out of the car, I can't get the thing to budge? Bring it to a shop since the flex line is still good?
Since there is glitter, I'm worried that this has already gone through the system. Pull the injectors and get them checked?
Flush the fuel line and try to use a magnet to get the glitter that has settled?
I've got a fuel filter and was going to upgrade to a walbro 120lpm pump to replace this current one depending on if I need a new sending unit or if there is something else I can do.
thoughts?
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