I was sitting at a red light car has been running well. My fuel level is about 1/8 tank which is lower than I normally let it get. It also was hot out yesterday over 90°. It just stalled sitting there idling in drive. Then i went to pass someone wide oepn throttle and it had no passing power. I feel like the low fuel is letting heat get to that worn pump that is starting to fail. Any other ideas?

 

How many miles are on your vehicle? Do you have a gauge to check the fuel pressure?

 

170,000 and no I dont have a gauge.

 

Fuel pump is about the last part of the fuel system to fail in these cars. Do you have a scan tool? Would be nice to see real time fuel trims and check for any pending or current codes.

 

I have a cheap code reader. No codes. Took a second to restart and then puttered starting like little fuel. Heat affects these pumps a lot.

 

You've decided the fuel pump is bad without any testing that's potentially setting yourself up for failure. But if you're convinced then fire the parts canon you might get lucky.

 

Did you refill it and is it happy now?

 

its fine unless low on fuel and its hot.

 

Dont need to worry about me. Ill let you know when its fixed. 😉

 

So what are you going to buy, Denso from Rockauto or OE from a dealer?

 

Found Denso a little bit less expensive on Amazon vs Rockauto. OE isnt happening too much $. Ill spend it on o2 sensors and such but not this.

 

Don't buy from Amazon there is a high probability you'll get counterfeit parts.

 

Never had a counterfeit part from them yet for any of the cars I've fixed with parts purchased from Amazon. Weird. 🤔

 

I would probably just never let it get below 1/4 tank and forget about it.

 

Spark plugs from Amazon are mostly fakes.