New fuel pump installed, fixed hard start problem!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:16 pm
I installed the new fuel pump yesterday, with the new fuel tank strainer (the old one was so varnished that you couldn't see daylight through it!)...and then my 91 Astro with TBI wouldn't start at all!
So I dropped the tank again, and with the wiring harness still connected, turned the key...no gas from the lines...wtf?
I figured, maybe the pump is defective? Its running, quietly, but no gas...hmmmm...could I have put the wiring harness connector on wrong?
YEP! I'm a dummass!...lmao!
I had the wires at the top reversed...so the pump was running BACKwards, and blowing bubbles into the tank...lol.
I reversed the harness, replaced the tank, turned the key, and...VROOM!!!
So now, instead of cranking for over 10 seconds before it starts, our Astro starts RIGHT up...and idles and runs smoothly.
And the new fuel pump is quiet...you can barely hear it, and our van is converted to cargo with no rear carpets...sweet!
But now the idle is too high...lmfao! I advanced the timing 3 degrees just to get it to run with the old pump, so I guess I have to bring it back to zero to bring it back to OEM specs...ah well! A project for tomorrow!
Kev
So I dropped the tank again, and with the wiring harness still connected, turned the key...no gas from the lines...wtf?
I figured, maybe the pump is defective? Its running, quietly, but no gas...hmmmm...could I have put the wiring harness connector on wrong?
YEP! I'm a dummass!...lmao!
I had the wires at the top reversed...so the pump was running BACKwards, and blowing bubbles into the tank...lol.
I reversed the harness, replaced the tank, turned the key, and...VROOM!!!
So now, instead of cranking for over 10 seconds before it starts, our Astro starts RIGHT up...and idles and runs smoothly.
And the new fuel pump is quiet...you can barely hear it, and our van is converted to cargo with no rear carpets...sweet!
But now the idle is too high...lmfao! I advanced the timing 3 degrees just to get it to run with the old pump, so I guess I have to bring it back to zero to bring it back to OEM specs...ah well! A project for tomorrow!
Kev