Fuel pump replacement

Hello,

Here is a guide to help walk you through the steps of removing the tank and diagrams below to show you how on your car.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-an-electric-fuel-pump

WARNING: Do not smoke while working on fuel system. Keep open flame away from your work area.

1. Relieve the fuel pressure.
2. Jack up the vehicle, and support it with jack stands.
3. Remove the drain bolt, and drain the fuel into an approved container.
4. Remove the fuel pipe cover and fuel hose protector and remove the fuel tank cover.
5. Disconnect the hoses.

CAUTION:
- When disconnecting the hoses, slide back the clamps, then twist hoses as you pull, to avoid damaging then
- Clean the flared joint of high pressure hoses thoroughly before reconnecting them.

6. Place a jack, or other support, under the tank.
7. Remove the strap nuts, and let the straps fall free.
8. Disconnect the 2P and 3P connectors.
9. Remove the fuel tank.

NOTE: The tank may stick on the undercoat applied to its mount. To remove, carefully pry it off the mount.

10. Install the drain bolt with a new washer, then coat the drain bolt with Noxrust 124B.
Allow the Noxrust to dry for 20 minutes.

Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.

Relieve the fuel pressure.
Jack up the vehicle, and support it with jack-stands.
Remove the tank drain bolt, and drain the fuel.
Remove the fuel tank cover. And the fill pipe protector
Disconnect the hoses from the fill pipe, pump, Slide back the clamps, then twist hoses as you pull, to avoid damaging them.
Place a jack, or other support, under the tank.
Remove the tank strap nuts, and let the straps fall free.
Gently lower tank.
Disconnect the power connectors and any fuel/vent lines from the tank/pump/sender unit.
Remove the fuel tank.

If you are in a state that uses salt or the car came from a state that does be prepared to have pinholes rusted in the tank and needing to replace it because of that.

Install the drain bolt with a new washer, then coat the drain bolt with Noxrust
Reverse the order of removal to put the tank back in.

They tended to coat them with a LOT of undercoating. Acts like glue and bonds the tank in place. If you have the fill tube and those parts off the undercoat is probably the problem.

Note: The tank may stick on the undercoat applied to its mount. To remove, carefully pry it off the mount.

Yes, there are two straps, but there is an undercoating strap that acts like glue. Pull down on the tank and it will come loose.

Let me know how it goes.

Best, Ken

Great addition to this thread! Please feel free to help out whenever you are on the site. :)

Cheers, Ken

It is located inside the fuel tank and the tank has to be removed to access it.

Check and test the PGM-FI main relay at left side of dash it powers the pump thru the black and yellow