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by Karnaaj
Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:59 pm
Forum: STARTING ISSUES
Topic: 95 Safari - fuel pump failed, plus more?
Replies: 5
Views: 4034

Re: 95 Safari - fuel pump failed, plus more?

Hit the bottom of the gas tank with a big hammer. Sometimes the shock will temperarily start a stuck fuel pump. NO.......this is not a joke. If the fuel pump starts then you have your answer.You might also check the fuel pump relay. Fule pump is pumping - I already replaced the dead one. Relay was ...
by Karnaaj
Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:42 am
Forum: STARTING ISSUES
Topic: 95 Safari - fuel pump failed, plus more?
Replies: 5
Views: 4034

Re: 95 Safari - fuel pump failed, plus more?

From what I've read since the problem started, the pressure should hold steady for something like 15 minutes after key-off - well, after the inital pump-turnoff drop. Pull'n'save was the option for pump that I could afford - $17 + tax was my limit when I was working on it back in July. Replacement p...
by Karnaaj
Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:23 pm
Forum: STARTING ISSUES
Topic: 95 Safari - fuel pump failed, plus more?
Replies: 5
Views: 4034

95 Safari - fuel pump failed, plus more?

Welp, the '95 died back at the start of July at a stoplight - sputtered and stumbled, as if it was out of gas. Restart attempts got one fire and then it stayed dead. I noted at the time that the fuel pump had stopped whining (as it had ever since I bought it in Feb 2011), so that seemed the place to...