wheeling365
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- 18214
Not trying to be a jerk but how much fuel is in the tank? I'm only asking because I've seen it happen before and lead to days of aggrivation.
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2000 XJ Died......
- Thread starter B.RAIDER
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B.RAIDER
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central Texas
LOL.....simpler things have been known to catch us off guard.
I asked him the same question when he pulled in the driveway and it died. He told me it had a bit over 1/4 of a tank.
5150mechanic
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- modesto
prob. split the hose coming off the pump internaly or the little impeller on the pump is spun loose.
joe_peters
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grants Pass, OryGun
About the accuracy of XJ fuel gauges...
- Location
- Central Maine
if you are starting it with ether(or whatever) through the TB aren't you bypassing the injectors completely? I know this isn't the problem but still true
B.RAIDER
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central Texas
It was the fuel pump...........
He pulled in my drive at 4:50 with tools and new pump and filters.
He pulled the tank down...took pump out...put in new pump in with new stainers and new gaskets on tank.... got it mounted back up...finished at 5:25. He made it look easy.
Fired right up.
Done deal.
He pulled in my drive at 4:50 with tools and new pump and filters.
He pulled the tank down...took pump out...put in new pump in with new stainers and new gaskets on tank.... got it mounted back up...finished at 5:25. He made it look easy.
Fired right up.
Done deal.
austinaubinoe
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Montgomery County, MD
what brand pump did you use? I think I need a new one too.
B.RAIDER
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central Texas
They didn't have anthing but the Airtex brand available on short notice at O'reillys and they delivered it to his work.
He told me when he put this one in he didn't put a fuel pump in this vehicle....it was his other SUV.
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B.RAIDER
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central Texas
Just to add a side note here:
Just because you can hear the fuel pump run and press the schrader valve to see fuel spew out....
DON'T a**sume you have a good pump.
Before we verified the fuel pressure with a gage and after the key was cycled a few times, there WAS pressure at the fuel rail.
The pump would still put a little pressure to the rail.
A cheap fuel pressure tester will save you one step in dialing in your problem.
Just because you can hear the fuel pump run and press the schrader valve to see fuel spew out....
DON'T a**sume you have a good pump.
Before we verified the fuel pressure with a gage and after the key was cycled a few times, there WAS pressure at the fuel rail.
The pump would still put a little pressure to the rail.
A cheap fuel pressure tester will save you one step in dialing in your problem.
jbut87
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- danville,pa
i just got my jeep a couple weeks ago and it died on me out of nowhere and would only start with my foot on the gas... turned out it was the wire harness on the thermostat housing was loose. The only reason i checked it was because my temp. guage was reading way too low. i have no clue why that would kill the engine but it did.. just something to look out for. good luck
joe_peters
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grants Pass, OryGun
Your CTS--coolant temperature sensor--feeds data to the PCM and the data was way out of specs.
Holding the pedal to the floor while starting is the "clear flood" mode.
Talyn
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Radford, Communistwealth of Virginia
FYI if the Sentry key system (Its not called VATS, that is GM) is reporting it can't see the key for some reason it will let the will start, run for a few seconds and then die. The key icon on the dash will also blink.
