In the same vain: Check the Fuel Vapor Recovery filter as well as the lines
running to and from it. If they are restricting the venting to the fuel
tank they might also make your fuel pump work harder and thus wear out
faster. Just another thought.
-- Miles Harris III 80 degree yesterday, Simi Valley, CA 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed autodakotaviper <dakotaviper@yahoo.com> wrote in article <20001228175044.28921.qmail@web4504.mail.yahoo.com>... > Have you check your fuel lines? Make sure that they > are not crimped or impeded in any way. This might > also make your fuel system work on overload. But, I > think that you might have mentioned this also. And > you checked that they were clear and free. Hmmm! Have > you checked a vacuum line or switch? Check your fuel > psi also. Is yours a sealed system. Sometimes if the > gas cap in not tightened down enough, it will cause > your fuel system to overload it self. When you > tighten your gas cap, take it down all the way, then > continue till you hear three clicks or more. > Sometimes this is all that you need to do and if you > take it into the dealer, they will only do this and > charge you an arm and a leg for doing it. In doing > so, you will be sealing your fuel system. Sometimes > this is the real culprit and not a expensive/time > consuming one. > --- Kyle Kozubal <grndak4x4@home.com> wrote: > > > When I replaced mine; I had 133,000 miles on it. > > This > > > was this past June. I bought mine from Carquest. > > Now > > > for your question why yours fails all the time. Do > > you > > > always let your tank get as empty as possible > > before > > > your next fill up? If you do; know that when you > > do > > > this, your fuel pump has to work harder to get to > > the > > > required psi. Also, switch blends if you can. I > > tend > > > to stay away from one particular gas company in my > > > area because they add water to their mixture. How > > do I > > > know this? I used to work for them about 7 years > > ago > > > and they are still doing it. With the fuel prices > > > being like they are today; we all look for the > > best > > > pricing. Sometimes this is not the best choice! > > I'm > > > just pulling things out of air here so to speak. > > But, > > > try this. It might be your only problem. > > > > > > Directly quoted from my first post: "I dont run the > > tank > > down past the 1/4 marker, so they are not failing > > due to lack of overheating > > or lack of lubrication." Thanks for the info though. > > Any other ideas? > > Kyle > > 93 Dakota 4x4 V6 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! > http://photos.yahoo.com/ >
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