What were the signs before your fuel pump quit?

[harv]

A few times my otherwise good running M42 just quit on me. At idle, twice in the last 6 months. Wait a few seconds and then it will start right up and run perfect. I have all the stuff for the mess under the intake but haven't gotten in there yet. It's on my to do list. I would think if it was the fuel pump, it wouldn't just do it at idle.

Anyway just thinking out loud.

John

[selturk]

does the pump work very loud? that's a sign of a pump which is about to fail.

[VoskaOhrid]

if you hear the pump humming then its probably working. check for vac leaks and also look into your ICV clean that out! take it from there

[harv]

Thanks for the info. The last time it did it I cleaned out the ICV but it was pretty clean to begin with.

I don't hear the pump at all, even when it's running.

I don't think it's ignition since I can watch the tach as it dies. In other words the tach doesn't just die and the moter dies at the same time.

Hmm..

John

[StereoInstaller1]

Pull the cover off the fuel pump (underseat cover) and listen, then whack it if the car dies, see if it starts running again

[harv]

The problem with that is I might have to wait another 6 months for it to quit. Man, thats a long time to hover over the tank with a hammer in hand.

Back in my Volvo days I had this 242 and the pump started pulling more and more amps. eventually the solder let loose on the fuel pump relay. As I was in school and had no cash, I re-soldered the relay and left the cover off and let it dangle by the kick vent. It would burn my knee while AutoXing in shorts

John

[VoskaOhrid]

To check the fuel pump go by the fuel filter and take off the hose on the back end connected to the fuel pump. Have something by so u don't spill fuel allover and have someone start the car. If the hose is spewing out fuel then the pump should be fine

[harv]

I'm hip,

Thanks

John

[StereoInstaller1]

John, Kim and I took a road trip with the back seat looses and that hatch open, as every time we stopped, it was a battle to get the car running again.

While the car is cranking over, bop the thing

[harv]

I'll remember that for my trip to Vintage in WS!

Maybe I should just buy a new pump and squirrel it away.

John

[StereoInstaller1]

Time between first fail and full fail was over 2 years, well over 20,000 miles

[harv]

Ah that's what i like to hear. Far off impending doom!

John

[Matt-B]

I would be driving, and the car would die, but before it died completly, surge like it got a boost of gas, and on start ups, crank crank crank crank run.....die

turned out my wires to pump were loose, So I got new ones, and new connector end, problem fixed

[harv]

It did it again. Not ignition as the tach kept working throughout the whole thing. I thought I was going to be stuck on the side of the road but key off and key on it worked and ran fine. Hmm..... kinda like a reset. I think it's something to do with the IACV and the mess under the intake.

John

[StereoInstaller1]

You should pop your seat loose and pull the pump cover for now so you can hear it.

Oh: turn the damn stereo down, too.