Does fuel pump go bad after sitting a long time？ (plugs, octane)
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Mechanic says fuel pump cost $540, add labor to it for a total of $900.
If in fact pump is dead -- I'm not 100% sure but if it is -- then is the car worth doing this? The car has low mileage and is in good condition, but it is a 2000 model... Bluebook value is only about $2000...
If the car is in good condition, with mileage that low - it may be worth far more than $2000.
In any case, the price quoted for the repair is excessive. Aftermarket pumps are ~$100, and this job is only an hour or two of work for anyone who knows their way around a wrench - unless you're paying a lawyer to do the work, I'd be looking for a $300-400 total repair cost from an independent. The ford pump& sender is $300 on rock auto. On that model, you don't necessarily even need the sender, an enterprising driveway diy'er could get it running with a cheap pump for $30.
Mechanic says fuel pump cost $540, add labor to it for a total of $900.
If in fact pump is dead -- I'm not 100% sure but if it is -- then is the car worth doing this? The car has low mileage and is in good condition, but it is a 2000 model... Bluebook value is only about $2000...
Mechanic says fuel pump cost $540, add labor to it for a total of $900.
If in fact pump is dead -- I'm not 100% sure but if it is -- then is the car worth doing this? The car has low mileage and is in good condition, but it is a 2000 model... Bluebook value is only about $2000...
Find a new mechanic, he thinks he's a Ford dealership.
Mechanic says fuel pump cost $540, add labor to it for a total of $900.
If in fact pump is dead -- I'm not 100% sure but if it is -- then is the car worth doing this? The car has low mileage and is in good condition, but it is a 2000 model... Bluebook value is only about $2000...
Pump itself is cheap unless its a racing pump.
Probably a relay.
If anything,I'll take the car from you. Wouldnt mind a low mileage SN95 GT.
Put in new fuel as well.
As far as that install,since the access point is on the tank directly and Ford had idiots design this thing,
I would drill a hole through the trunk with the tank out to access it.
Thats just me though.I know I know,easier said than done.
But thats what makes it fun !!
BTW that's what your mechanic wants,for you to give up the car,(im surprised he did not offer to buy it)
fix it,then sell it for double and make a nice easy 2k with a few hrs worth of work.
This topic has been brought to my attention since I tried to start a 79 Lincoln Mark V that has been sitting for 10 years that I want to buy.
Nothing was wrong with the car before it sat from what the owner explained to me. So when I added gas to it the engine fired, but wouldn’t stay running. I removed the fuel hose that connects directly to the carb from the fuel pump to see if any gas would shoot out of it, and nothing.
Fuel pump went bad from sitting for so long. So yes it can fail from not running for a very long time. Luckily the pump is mechanical and is located next to the engine block which only takes like 10-15 minutes to replace.
Even ones in the tanks aren’t all that difficult to replace, it’s just time consuming and be a little tricky reinstalling everything.
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Mechanic says fuel pump cost $540, add labor to it for a total of $900.
If in fact pump is dead -- I'm not 100% sure but if it is -- then is the car worth doing this? The car has low mileage and is in good condition, but it is a 2000 model... Bluebook value is only about $2000...
Who knows. What do you want to do with the car? Unless you are looking to sell it, and the rest of the car is good, A couple of hundred bucks for the repair is cheap for a fun car. I'd do it, personally.
I bought a 95 mustang 5.0 and it ran good but let it sit and now when u drive it it bougs if u smash the gas but at a idle it don’t only when u drive and push pedal hard if u drive reg u can’t even tell what would that be thanks if someon can tell me
Mechanic says fuel pump cost $540, add labor to it for a total of $900.
If in fact pump is dead -- I'm not 100% sure but if it is -- then is the car worth doing this? The car has low mileage and is in good condition, but it is a 2000 model... Bluebook value is only about $2000...
For a Mustang, do it.
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