DuffMan

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I know that this sounds really stupid and ghetto, but I think my FP just went out, and I am jsut planning ahead. I still have lots of checking to do, but I figured I'd post first to get a lot of responses.

I don't have the tools to do my own FP, and I don't feel like cutting a hole in my "trunk" and blowing myself into a million pieces . My question is can you setup a fuel pump anywhere on the fuel lines, with a dead in-tank fuel pump? I will eventually be changing out the rear-end, not to mention dropping in a 350 (this summer or so)

therefore, I don't want to spend massive amounts of time and money on a in-tank fuel pump that will be replaced, and will STILL not give enough fuel to a 350, and I don't want to do it more than once. Can I install another fuel pump before/after the fuel filter, or even better, near the block?

Thanks a lot!

NTChrist

Damn good question!
Might be a b!tch to route the return lines, tho. You would probably have to use a few custom bent steel lines, as you wouldn't want rubber fuel lines underneath the car.

But, you raise a good question, could a second pump draw fuel THROUGH the old, dead pump? Anybody know?

DuffMan

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Yep, thats basically my question - when a fuel pump goes bad, do the lines to the pump inside the gas tank remain open, or whatever the technical term for a pump is :-P

Because basically my thought is that if the fuel pump goes dead, why not just install a universal one near the tank? It would be a HELL of a lot easier to bend/replace the fuel lines than totally rip apart the rear underside of your car.

any thoughts or suggestions?! thanks!

Eric

Danno

Probably won't work at all, or if it does not very well. I can only name one case in point. 89 Ford(yeah, I know) pickup. In tank pump and inline pump. The inline pump was OK, tank pump went out. No run at all. NOT my truck, my neighbors.

88IROC350TPI

I've heard of some people doing this and it working. I've also heard of people doing it and it not working .......sooo maybe you should become the guinea pig?

Vader

It probably all dependes on the failure mode of the stock pump. If the valves are open and the pump failed electrically, you might have a chance with a puller pump (like one from a Bosch CIS-E system). If the pump failed mechanically, you might be wasting your time and money.

fast89RS

That is kind of a different issue. That system was designed to have two pumps working together. So, of course the fuel system would fail if one of the pumps did.