X5 stalled/set codes while being inspected!

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I spent all afternoon cleaning-up my '09 Chevy HHR Panel, in order to go shopping for the wife (sick), and to get gas (last time she drove the HHR, she didn't put gas in it...as is her habit when she drives a back-up vehicle), and to drive to the tax assessor/registration office, to pay for and pick up the sticker for my '04 Chevy 2500HD (15 days after I got it inspected, so the grace period was long past to drive it).

I couldn't take her Lexus (I've only been allowed to drive it once...turn-about for fair play is that she isn't ever allowed to drive the X5, hahaha), nor the '98 GMC 1500 (her truck, but I'm allowed to drive it), which has a bed-full of landscape timbers and pavers. With my bad right shoulder and bad left wrist, it took me forever to wash the HHR, after it had been sitting for 4 months, under an oak tree. No time to even look at the X5 today.

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

It sounded like you didn’t hear the pump priming. Suggests electric or mechanical fault.
It was very loud at the inspection station parking lot, probably the busiest corner in my town, so if the relay clicked on, or the pump tried pumping, I couldn't hear it (did I ever mention that I have severe tinnitus, since 2014? making it difficult to hear anything at all, sometimes).

You can confirm no fuel pressure at the rail.
That will be the first thing I look at tomorrow.

You can jumper the relay or at the pump to force the pump on in case it’s not getting power however the symptom suggested pump failed or siphon jet (you may not hear the pump if it's dry). If the tank is close to 1/4-1/3 tank it's very lightly siphon jet and you just need to add gas.
I'd rather not tear out the glove box to get to the fuel pump relay, so I might just pull out the rear seat bottom, and jumper it directly.
To check the siphon jet, i'll do as g300d suggested, and I'll see if I can read the gas level on the OBC, which I've got scant experience with.
I believe I have 1/2 tank, which might have to be removed, for possible repairs (new pump, or filter/regulator?).

If so don't clear codes it'll delay getting emissions.
They're already cleared, yesterday, but my X5 doesn't need a long drive cycle to complete monitors.

–awr–

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