Dustin Yenny
Registered User
Well the title says it all. My car decided to die on Friday leaving it stranded for a few hours. I had thought the car ran out of gas (~1/8 tank) but after adding 3 gallons I realized otherwise. So, I called AAA and had it towed to my house. I swapped in a good pump relay to no avail.
Saturday, I bought a fuel pump from AutoZone since they were open and had it in stock. I dropped the tank and replaced the pump along with the sock and filter. I got the car back together (minus the exhaust), drove it around (~20 miles)....oh man is that thing loud in 4th and 5th gear with no exhaust. The car ran fine for that short trip.
Today I put the exhaust back on and drove around (~10 miles). Once early on in the trip when I floored it and the boost jumped up to around 8psi at say 3000 rpms it cut out (like someone flicked switch really quick) then it was fine for the ride home. I got back in town and stopped at a stop sign, left a little rubber, got about 1/4 mile up the street and it died like it had done on Friday.
As of now I have no fuel pressure at the rail and I switched the relay again to no avail. At first it seemed like the car would catch and want to "try to start" but right now it just cranks. I have yet to unhook the fuel lines at the filter but I figure my new pump is shot after 30 miles.....I just don't understand why after it had run fine the night before if I had bought a defective pump.
Does anyone have any ideas other than dropping everything to replace the pump again? Why would a new pump go go quickly? Could I have something else wrong with the car that is making it eat fuel pumps?
I have checked the fuel pump fuse under the hood and it looks fine, the interia switch is not tripped and I have swapped the relays all to no avail. Prior to these problems I got 5K miles out of the car over the last 2 months. Now that I think of it, the original pump seemed a little loud in the morning until it was warmed up.
Thanks
Saturday, I bought a fuel pump from AutoZone since they were open and had it in stock. I dropped the tank and replaced the pump along with the sock and filter. I got the car back together (minus the exhaust), drove it around (~20 miles)....oh man is that thing loud in 4th and 5th gear with no exhaust. The car ran fine for that short trip.
Today I put the exhaust back on and drove around (~10 miles). Once early on in the trip when I floored it and the boost jumped up to around 8psi at say 3000 rpms it cut out (like someone flicked switch really quick) then it was fine for the ride home. I got back in town and stopped at a stop sign, left a little rubber, got about 1/4 mile up the street and it died like it had done on Friday.
As of now I have no fuel pressure at the rail and I switched the relay again to no avail. At first it seemed like the car would catch and want to "try to start" but right now it just cranks. I have yet to unhook the fuel lines at the filter but I figure my new pump is shot after 30 miles.....I just don't understand why after it had run fine the night before if I had bought a defective pump.
Does anyone have any ideas other than dropping everything to replace the pump again? Why would a new pump go go quickly? Could I have something else wrong with the car that is making it eat fuel pumps?
I have checked the fuel pump fuse under the hood and it looks fine, the interia switch is not tripped and I have swapped the relays all to no avail. Prior to these problems I got 5K miles out of the car over the last 2 months. Now that I think of it, the original pump seemed a little loud in the morning until it was warmed up.
Thanks