Need new fuel pump?

[mikec03]

I have '95 2.2l auto. Legacy. I get no gas coming out of the inlet tubing to the gas filter when I crank the engine. I do have 12 v to the pump when [and only when] cranking [#1 terminal]. The engine will start with a squirt of starting fluid.

 

Is this for sure a fuel pump? I just hate to go to the work to change it.

[tcspeer]

I have changed mine at least twice, using the test you did and it has fixed it both times.

The replacement pumps are around ninety dollars at the aftermarket places and you will have to cut and spice the wiring to make them work. It's not that tough but if you can get the whole thing from junk yard it is much more easy.

[mikec03]

I did decide to go to a junk yard and get the whole fuel pump assembly [from a ' 99]. Total cost $50. I put it in and the car and it immediately started up. I could hardly believe it.

 

Thanks to all the posters here. I wouldn't have been able to do it without a lot of old posts including one that showed pictures of the fuel pump removal. Before reading the posts, I couldn't have even found the fuel pump much less replace it.

 

For the record, the ohm resistance of the old pump across the left two [toward front of car] plug contacts was infinite showing a defective pump. It was 4000 ohms on the replacement.

[Rooster2]

glad to hear that you fixed the problem. $50 is a cheap price these days for any repair.

[valvestem]

Good news that you diagnosed and repaired the problem. Good job.