09-12-2015, 10:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-12-2015, 10:38 AM by pug306driver.)
The tank lift pump removal and cleaning is quite easy and straight forward, I did it about 3 weeks ago.....but read/look at the guide in the guide section several times to make sure you know the procedure, take your time and always prey out loud when doing anything with the plastic bits, "please god don't let me break these bits !"
I didn't figure out how to remove the fine filter screen on the bottom of the pick up but an aerosol spray cleaned it ok, with a very similar amount of that black stuff as in the guide.
Be very careful fitting the unit "ring" as it seems easy to cross thread, as someone has proved.
See the guide on the fuel filter as well, use a pug filter as pattern ones seem slightly larger and don't fit that well, ending up tight in the filter housing and crushed.
When the lift pump is out of the tank, you will see the float and "tank shelf".....the pump unit is not "keyed" so be careful that the float does not sit on the "shelf" inside the tank, if it does the gauge will show fuel in the tank when its run dry.
I have only run the tank low on fuel once to check the low fuel warning light worked, but I now top up then tank at or just below 1/4 full.
Follow the Haynes manual about bleeding, or purging the fuel lines from tank to filter.......ours has that round metal "damper" unit just like yours.....
post pics of the lift pump filter and fuel filter.
I found that using a good fit ring spanner on the fuel filter "hex head" helped, I push down quite hard on the ring and turned slowly, it came off all ok, and was easier to put back on this way. Perhaps a hex socket or spanner would be better.
As suggested, look for "yellow metal flakes" at the bottom of the filter housing, suggesting a worn lift pump.
I didn't figure out how to remove the fine filter screen on the bottom of the pick up but an aerosol spray cleaned it ok, with a very similar amount of that black stuff as in the guide.
Be very careful fitting the unit "ring" as it seems easy to cross thread, as someone has proved.
See the guide on the fuel filter as well, use a pug filter as pattern ones seem slightly larger and don't fit that well, ending up tight in the filter housing and crushed.
When the lift pump is out of the tank, you will see the float and "tank shelf".....the pump unit is not "keyed" so be careful that the float does not sit on the "shelf" inside the tank, if it does the gauge will show fuel in the tank when its run dry.
I have only run the tank low on fuel once to check the low fuel warning light worked, but I now top up then tank at or just below 1/4 full.
Follow the Haynes manual about bleeding, or purging the fuel lines from tank to filter.......ours has that round metal "damper" unit just like yours.....
post pics of the lift pump filter and fuel filter.
I found that using a good fit ring spanner on the fuel filter "hex head" helped, I push down quite hard on the ring and turned slowly, it came off all ok, and was easier to put back on this way. Perhaps a hex socket or spanner would be better.
As suggested, look for "yellow metal flakes" at the bottom of the filter housing, suggesting a worn lift pump.