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Cake day: November 30th, 2023

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  • Did you check for any fuel line leaks, check for any wiring issues? It is always possible that the new pump that you bought was bad out of the box (probably not the case, but I have run into this with new parts before). There is also a trick with a failing fuel pump, if it doesn’t start you can beat on the tank (without damaging it) with a rubber mallet in the pump location of the tank. Sometimes with failing fuel pumps, this is enough to get them temporarily working again. Don’t get hung up on just the fuel pump or even fuel system, maybe something else is going on. I would try to make sure the wiring to the pump is ok first.


  • Cheapest fix on worrying about fuel level is to fill the tank, set your trip meter to zero and then fill it back up at xx miles. Do the math to figure out how many miles you will get out of a tank full of gas, then make sure you fill it up 50 miles or better ahead of that. Example: car has 20 gallon tank and gets 20 miles per gallon, you know a tank full will get you approx 400 miles, so set the trip to zero, and when you see it around the 300 miles mark, fill it up again and remember to reset your trip to zero when you fill up.

    As far as pumping gas in, cheapest fix on that is hold the pump handle upside down when filling the tank. So instead of the pump lever toward the ground, it will be pointed toward the sky. You will look a little funny pumping gas, but that should work for you. I am serious, this isn’t a joke, learned this trick many years ago from a gas station attendant when I had a vehicle with the same issue.