Broken down. Fuel pump issue?
We have a 96 fleetwood southwind with a big block fuel injected Chevy engine. We are stuck in a Walmart parking lot. The engine started sputtering and stalled out. I was able to get it restarted and g...
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Surfsidewood wrote:
Sorry for the late reply, but I wasn't getting emails saying the thread had new posts.
So I ended dropping the tank in the parking lot (tons of fun by the way since I just filled it up before we broke down), and replaced the fuel pump. After I got the fuel pressure gauge, I checked it and it was showing a little low. The spec shows it should have 55-62 psi when the key is on but not running. It was showing 48 psi. After I put the new pump in and got everything together, it started right up, then as I let it run it would stall. That happened about three times, and I figured it was just bleeding air out of the fuel lines. I started it up one more time and let it sit there running for 2 hours while I cleaned everything up and got something to eat to make sure it wasn't going to die again.
We got on our way back to FL and after about 8 hours of travel, with multiple stops and restarts, with everything working perfect, it decided to quit again in GA. So then I was stranded on a country road with nothing around at all. This time I checked if it was getting spark and it was not. I figured it would either have to be the crank sensor or ignition module, so I took a 40 mile round trip cab ride to the auto parts store and picked up both of those parts. I put the crank sensor in first, and it started right up like it was brand new, and ran perfect the rest of the way home.
I guess it's possible that both parts could have went out at almost the same time, but I'm kinda thinking that the crank sensor might have been the culprit the whole time. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that the first time it died, I checked for spark and I did have spark, which made me think fuel pump. After the second time it died and I didn't have spark it made me think of the crank sensor.
Hey Surfsidewood,
If you get some time, want to tell us your adventure of changing/dropping the tank in the parking lot, like did you drain the tank, how did you drop it, floor jack, etc. Would love to hear about it.
Glad your up and running!!!
