Yesterday I went over to new mexico to look at my nephews car that he uses for work. A 2002 nissan sentra gxe with the 1.8. What a freakin turd those nissans are! They have 2 lists of problems, longer than my arms put together. The car gives him problems where it cranks, hits a little, cranks, nothing. Go out the next day and it starts right up, runs like a bat out of hell for a week, then takes a crap and goes back to its ritual of not hitting.
He took the back seat out yesterday and wiggled the wires on the fuel pump and it turned on, did the key again and the fuel pump wouldnt come on, wiggled the wires and she turns on.
I go up yesterday, wiggle wiggle, zoooom, pump turns on, not a darn hit when cranking it over!
We changed plugged and before turning it over I said,, hold up, let me try something.
I had him pressurize the fuel pump a few times, then hit the fuel rail pressure valve with a nail and not one drop of fuel came out! The pump was turning on, but not sucking up any fuel. Most likely bypassing internally.
We went and bought a new fuel pump and then removed one fuel line at the pump. The other was a little harder and you guessed it. Got to love plastic parts! The plastic nipple that the fuel line goes to, pulled straight off :lol:
Not a huge deal right? Just pick up a new fuel pump canister assembly.
Yeah, $250! :affraid:
I told the store clerk, hell no! that car isn't worth that much lol.
We went on ebay and picked up the same brand for $50 shipped.
In the end, this was probably the better thing to do as we all know how plastic gets over the years sitting inside of a fuel tank. But damn! $250 VS $50 for the same brand? Sure wish it was a metal set up like my 73 jeep and used actual rubber hoses and Clamps rather than plastic on plastic.
He took the back seat out yesterday and wiggled the wires on the fuel pump and it turned on, did the key again and the fuel pump wouldnt come on, wiggled the wires and she turns on.
I go up yesterday, wiggle wiggle, zoooom, pump turns on, not a darn hit when cranking it over!
We changed plugged and before turning it over I said,, hold up, let me try something.
I had him pressurize the fuel pump a few times, then hit the fuel rail pressure valve with a nail and not one drop of fuel came out! The pump was turning on, but not sucking up any fuel. Most likely bypassing internally.
We went and bought a new fuel pump and then removed one fuel line at the pump. The other was a little harder and you guessed it. Got to love plastic parts! The plastic nipple that the fuel line goes to, pulled straight off :lol:
Not a huge deal right? Just pick up a new fuel pump canister assembly.
Yeah, $250! :affraid:
I told the store clerk, hell no! that car isn't worth that much lol.
We went on ebay and picked up the same brand for $50 shipped.
In the end, this was probably the better thing to do as we all know how plastic gets over the years sitting inside of a fuel tank. But damn! $250 VS $50 for the same brand? Sure wish it was a metal set up like my 73 jeep and used actual rubber hoses and Clamps rather than plastic on plastic.