Need help I'm stranded
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Maybe check the fuse you used to plug the pump to? A few of them are ignition that could be killing it
Ok got it. Think the sump makes it more sensitive to low fuel although it supposed to do the opposite. Before i installed pump i ran fuel down low, when i drained it i ran it down to about 1.5 gal and truck never skipped a beat. After pump and sump install it put out about 4 gal and second time about 6 gal in the truck and now im having all these problems. Maybe its where i put the sump? Not sure if GM slants the tanks back, I put sump up near out front of the tank. Oh how many of you guys leave the "tank protector off"
You can hear the pump running? No leaks? If the lines are backwards I can't see you pulling fuel through the regulator. Maybe it's just sucking the little fuel left in the line from before installing the pump.
I put mine right under the stock pick up/sending unit and haven't had problems. I left the protector off because mine won't be seeing anything but paved roads and a tiny bit of gravel
I put mine right under the stock pick up/sending unit and haven't had problems. I left the protector off because mine won't be seeing anything but paved roads and a tiny bit of gravel
When you run the tank to an extreme low, those sumps will have these issues for two reasons.
1. The return does not return into the bowl of the sump keeping some fuel in there at all times
2. The bowl of the sump is shallow and does not have a way of keeping fuel from splashing out where the stock fuel pick up actually has its own built in sump with small holes to allow fuel to fill it when the tank is low but not so big that fuel quickly runs out of it and leaves you without fuel to pick up.
I personally don't like these sump kits for the reasons above. I can run my tank down to .5 gal left and still no hint of fuel starving in the truck. If the return came back to the sump, I would like them much more
1. The return does not return into the bowl of the sump keeping some fuel in there at all times
2. The bowl of the sump is shallow and does not have a way of keeping fuel from splashing out where the stock fuel pick up actually has its own built in sump with small holes to allow fuel to fill it when the tank is low but not so big that fuel quickly runs out of it and leaves you without fuel to pick up.
I personally don't like these sump kits for the reasons above. I can run my tank down to .5 gal left and still no hint of fuel starving in the truck. If the return came back to the sump, I would like them much more
The sump made that difference
. They are crazy loud if you go to the quick connects at the fuel cooler. Love them for that!
That sounds like an interesting story. Just tell us you werent pulled back up the boat launch by a Ferd....
Argh why do i always read good reviews then when i buy something i find bad things, everybody always said oh using a sump you can use every drop of fuel but now i have to keep at least 10 gal of fuel in that now. Damn bullshit now i have a hole in my tank so can't go back, unless i just plug the sump and leave if in there. So now with this new problem whats the advantage of having a sump, nothing? It's a disadvantage?
The advantages are it makes the lift pumps quieter, and flows more fuel than the stock pickup can handle. Also avoids issues where the stock pickup has a crack and pulls air when the tank gets low.
Disadvantages are they don't work great when the tank is low, they stick down and can get torn off when off-roading, and you don't really need them until >>700 HP (I run 660+ HP on the stock pickup).
Disadvantages are they don't work great when the tank is low, they stick down and can get torn off when off-roading, and you don't really need them until >>700 HP (I run 660+ HP on the stock pickup).
This is where you need my sending unit.
Pluses-never can run out of fuel
Negatives-the truck has 10-13 gallon left when on E, never know when to get fuel. So mine is never technically below a half a talk, only problem is I get fuel every 170-210 miles or I could run 260+.
Pluses-never can run out of fuel
Negatives-the truck has 10-13 gallon left when on E, never know when to get fuel. So mine is never technically below a half a talk, only problem is I get fuel every 170-210 miles or I could run 260+.
That's what I meant. Without that sump you could hear it standing on the other side of ur truck while idling. Lol
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