Reading this thread has given me the shivers again. On our recient trip to Moab, the van momentarily stalled when taking off from a stop, and this was the same symptom I had when I lost my first fuel pump. It only happened once, and then ran fine for thousands of miles, but I'm concerned the latest pump is on it's way out. I'm now on my third pump (including the original one) and carry a spare along with a fuel pressure gauge, but the thought of changing it out on the trail is not a happy one at all. If it does happen, I'll have to lower one side a little with the stock jack, block it up, move the jack, lower some more, block more, move the jack, remove some blocks etc until it's on the ground. Doing this when it's less than empty won't be fun but what choice is there? I've considered an exterior mounted pump, but haven't followed through yet. I wish I knew what was going on to kill the pumps, all of which are lifetime waranty. I try not to run the tank too low, but sometimes it can't be helped. Anyone ever use an external pump?
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Arctic Traveller
KC6TNI
2001 GTRV
Advanced 4wd
Agile Ride improvement package
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