I would throw some money into some tools such as a decent fuel pressure gauge before throwing money into replacing parts.

Inadequate fuel pressure can cause a lean condition.

A dying fuel pump could spits out debris and could clog a fuel filter. Since your tank is just down a couple of gallons, I would wait until it is a 1/4 full before changing out the fuel pump. Remember to wipe out the inside of the tank where the fuel pump resides because it is the lowest portion of the tank and you might have some debris over there also. Debris will just kill your new fuel pump.

A bad or fail fuel pump will not set off a ses or cel light.

But it could cause the lean condition.


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Yep. If the fuel pressure is supposed to be 50 psi for a healthy pump but the pump is only putting out 40 psi that a lost of 10 psi or 20%. So when the injector is commanded to open by the computer only 80% of the fuel is being delivered to the cylinder. That is why a low fuel pump equals a lean condition.

Well, it turned out to be the fuel pump. It drove me batty because it didn't just die right away, it was a slow death making me think it could be possibly something else. Thanks for the advice and pointing me in the right direction. The good thing was since the pump was shot and the pressure was gone, I lost a little dribble out of the fuel line. I was real careful and successfully pulled the pump out without making any kind of mess, even with a nearly full tank.


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Glad to hear that you found the right doohickey to replace. Can you go back to your first post and edit the title to add either Solved or Fixed so that if a newbie comes on this forum and tried to determine which doohickey he needs to replace to fix his "Hop, jump, sputter" problem, he can find your post.