Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the following.

1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion, will
stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.

What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart. With
one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep will
then start and run normally until the next time - days or weeks
later.

I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas as I
described shouldn't alleviate that.

Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?

Opinions eagerly solicited!


Thanks,

Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Hi Frank,
Is your full size wagon still carburated? Usually a fuel pump won't
come back to life. Open your gas cap see if you hear a vacuum,
indicating your charcoal canister is clogged. Sometimes a clogged fuel
filter will allow a little more gas to flow after it sits (common with
my old Bronco).
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>
> Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the following.
>
> 1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion, will
> stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.
>
> What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart. With
> one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep will
> then start and run normally until the next time - days or weeks
> later.
>
> I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas as I
> described shouldn't alleviate that.
>
> Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?
>
> Opinions eagerly solicited!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Hi Frank,
Is your full size wagon still carburated? Usually a fuel pump won't
come back to life. Open your gas cap see if you hear a vacuum,
indicating your charcoal canister is clogged. Sometimes a clogged fuel
filter will allow a little more gas to flow after it sits (common with
my old Bronco).
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>
> Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the following.
>
> 1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion, will
> stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.
>
> What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart. With
> one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep will
> then start and run normally until the next time - days or weeks
> later.
>
> I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas as I
> described shouldn't alleviate that.
>
> Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?
>
> Opinions eagerly solicited!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Hi Frank,
Is your full size wagon still carburated? Usually a fuel pump won't
come back to life. Open your gas cap see if you hear a vacuum,
indicating your charcoal canister is clogged. Sometimes a clogged fuel
filter will allow a little more gas to flow after it sits (common with
my old Bronco).
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>
> Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the following.
>
> 1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion, will
> stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.
>
> What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart. With
> one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep will
> then start and run normally until the next time - days or weeks
> later.
>
> I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas as I
> described shouldn't alleviate that.
>
> Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?
>
> Opinions eagerly solicited!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Yes, carburetor still in place.

Pouring gas in it lets the car start and run again (until it does
it again).

Its like the carburetor empties but doesn't refill.

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:43E56B65.E63C0147@cox.net...
> Hi Frank,
> Is your full size wagon still carburated? Usually a fuel
> pump won't
> come back to life. Open your gas cap see if you hear a vacuum,
> indicating your charcoal canister is clogged. Sometimes a
> clogged fuel
> filter will allow a little more gas to flow after it sits
> (common with
> my old Bronco).
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> "F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>>
>> Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the
>> following.
>>
>> 1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion,
>> will
>> stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.
>>
>> What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart.
>> With
>> one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep
>> will
>> then start and run normally until the next time - days or
>> weeks
>> later.
>>
>> I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas
>> as I
>> described shouldn't alleviate that.
>>
>> Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?
>>
>> Opinions eagerly solicited!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Yes, carburetor still in place.

Pouring gas in it lets the car start and run again (until it does
it again).

Its like the carburetor empties but doesn't refill.

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:43E56B65.E63C0147@cox.net...
> Hi Frank,
> Is your full size wagon still carburated? Usually a fuel
> pump won't
> come back to life. Open your gas cap see if you hear a vacuum,
> indicating your charcoal canister is clogged. Sometimes a
> clogged fuel
> filter will allow a little more gas to flow after it sits
> (common with
> my old Bronco).
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> "F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>>
>> Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the
>> following.
>>
>> 1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion,
>> will
>> stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.
>>
>> What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart.
>> With
>> one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep
>> will
>> then start and run normally until the next time - days or
>> weeks
>> later.
>>
>> I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas
>> as I
>> described shouldn't alleviate that.
>>
>> Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?
>>
>> Opinions eagerly solicited!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

Yes, carburetor still in place.

Pouring gas in it lets the car start and run again (until it does
it again).

Its like the carburetor empties but doesn't refill.

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:43E56B65.E63C0147@cox.net...
> Hi Frank,
> Is your full size wagon still carburated? Usually a fuel
> pump won't
> come back to life. Open your gas cap see if you hear a vacuum,
> indicating your charcoal canister is clogged. Sometimes a
> clogged fuel
> filter will allow a little more gas to flow after it sits
> (common with
> my old Bronco).
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> "F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>>
>> Advice from the NG would be most appreciated for the
>> following.
>>
>> 1989 Grand Wagoneer drives and starts well, but on occasion,
>> will
>> stop as if it were out of gas. Cranking does nothing.
>>
>> What does work is to pour gas into the carb then restart.
>> With
>> one or two tries and some pumping the accelerator the Jeep
>> will
>> then start and run normally until the next time - days or
>> weeks
>> later.
>>
>> I suspected problems with fuel tank baffles, but adding gas
>> as I
>> described shouldn't alleviate that.
>>
>> Could this be a symptom of a dying fuel pump?
>>
>> Opinions eagerly solicited!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Frank

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

That would be my fuel filter at about every ten thousand miles as
it's too small for the fuels here:
http://www.----------.com/fordFuelFilter.jpg You should have an in line
filter between the pump and carburetor, that has a pressure relief valve
that sends all the fuel back to the tank when it's clogged. Don't switch
the out ports carburetor and return:
http://www.zaib4x4.com/catalog/images/8129383.gif
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

"F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>
> Yes, carburetor still in place.
>
> Pouring gas in it lets the car start and run again (until it does
> it again).
>
> Its like the carburetor empties but doesn't refill.

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

That would be my fuel filter at about every ten thousand miles as
it's too small for the fuels here:
http://www.----------.com/fordFuelFilter.jpg You should have an in line
filter between the pump and carburetor, that has a pressure relief valve
that sends all the fuel back to the tank when it's clogged. Don't switch
the out ports carburetor and return:
http://www.zaib4x4.com/catalog/images/8129383.gif
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

"F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>
> Yes, carburetor still in place.
>
> Pouring gas in it lets the car start and run again (until it does
> it again).
>
> Its like the carburetor empties but doesn't refill.

Re: Grand Wagoneer fuel supply problem?
 

That would be my fuel filter at about every ten thousand miles as
it's too small for the fuels here:
http://www.----------.com/fordFuelFilter.jpg You should have an in line
filter between the pump and carburetor, that has a pressure relief valve
that sends all the fuel back to the tank when it's clogged. Don't switch
the out ports carburetor and return:
http://www.zaib4x4.com/catalog/images/8129383.gif
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

"F. J. Townsend, III" wrote:
>
> Yes, carburetor still in place.
>
> Pouring gas in it lets the car start and run again (until it does
> it again).
>
> Its like the carburetor empties but doesn't refill.