One Way To Move a Vehicle Without Fuel Pressure – EricTheCarGuy

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1. My dad once repoed an old ford with a manual transmission, it would crank and crank but not start, before he walked back to his truck to give me a push I cranked it in 3rd gear enough to get rolling a little bit and dumped the clutch it started fine, but not with the starter! We were both shocked but didnt really care about the problem as the truck was going to auction, he wrote down on the copy of the condition report that went with the car how we got it to start so it was at least a run and drive for the auction sale lol

2. Ive seen a guy do this but gravity feed

3. To me this is too complicated and would want to use brawn and push it lol

4. Great video by the way

5. Why not to buy and inline fuel pump 12v connected to the fuel service with clamps do you think may be work for a truck ive having with same problem

6. Where can i buy that kit

7. how do you check fuel pressure on a 89 s10 pickup with a 2.5 liter TBI. I have a pressure guage I got from harbor freight. Why can't we get real fuel pumps? Turbine pumps suck. My s10 hates fuel pumps. It keeps eating them up. I purchased a gas tank. hanger assembly and fuel pump from after marrket motorparts. The pump lasted about a month. Primary turbine melted to bottom of pump.

8. Hi Erick….nice info! ..¿ what brand is the tool you use as a externa presurized tank??

9. Wish you could fix my car. The mechanics at the shop my car is at have no clue what is wrong. No codes. I think it is my fuel pump. Car turns on, dies, no fuel pressure.

10. So Eric why didn’t you just crawl up underneath it and hit the tank with a hammer and see if that worked before you did all that work

11. Eric had a big belly then.

12. Where can I get that huge kit with all the fuel system adaptors?? I have looked all over and cant seem to find anything that complete. Thanks for everything you do ericthecarguy!

13. Or a can or three of carb cleaner and a dumb friend works too. Also it's faster and much less labor intensive. Only took us 30 seconds to move a 12 passenger e 350 with a v10 into the bay first thing this morning. However it might not work on a vortech. Fuck a push party!

14. Fuel pump relay didn't work on my Volvo. Just hooked up a wire from the fuel pump to the battery to get to the garage. That's what technicians do. And builders for that matter 🙂

15. Eric this isn't a truck!

16. EASY CHEAP WAY… propane torch (not lit of course) … can't get much above idle but it'll move it

17. I love the bird sounds. It takes me back and reminds me of better times.

18. You could have used a portable air tank instead.

19. Interesting

20. Looking at your recent videos, man you have come a long way. More success man.

21. Ghetto.
    LOVE IT!

22. More helpful was your comment that you may have to or would remove the back seat on that 4Runner to get at the fuel pump access portal for inspection probably. On my 93 Escort wagon, I have a fuel leak above the gas tank when the car is running. So that comment plus google, I am now inspired to remove my back seat to get at the fuel pump replacement portal as a start down the path to find that leak or just break into the line after the fuel pump and run a new line to a place in the old line that is easy to get at and then make some new connections. Almost 75 now and retired. I don't really want the extra work, but on the other hand it is fun when I succeed on a car project.

23. One thing you might try is using one of the vacuum ports past the MAF or MAP sensors and route a small vacuum line from inside the car from an aerosol can of carb cleaner. Make sure the connections are tight in case of a backfire, you don't want fiery liquid spewing out of the hose towards you!! Have a buddy spray short bursts, once the engine has started while you drive. Of course, I don't know if this will work on newer cars that might have a sensor that has to sense fuel pressure to fire the ignition spark.

24. I have a 5 gallon gas can that I mounted a cheap electric fuel pump to. add in a few feet of fuel line and various connectors and hose clamps. works great.

25. Same way we used to move trucks with diesel engines where the fuel had gelled. Used a garden pressure sprayer with treated fuel and connect it to the fuel line and disable the fuel pump.

26. If the car is a manual and still has crank at least, you can put it in second gear, get off the clutch, and crank your way inside. I was taught this method of moving a car as the absolute last resort (getting off a railroad crossing when the train is coming, you know the cliche), since you may damage something in the process, but hey, it works as well!

27. Oh about these "motor turns over but will not fire" cars. Sure look at the fuel gauge to kinda make sure there is fuel in the tank but do not dismiss the possibility the gauge is wrong and the car is simply out of gas. Can you imagine putting two hours into a car and it turns out it was out of gas? Do not expect to get paid for this time. You can be the shop hero (OK if only for a day) if you figure this "crank no start" out quickly. I never figured out why the customer did not comment on how he was able to drive and drive but never needed to put gas in the car. Defective fuel gauge ,cluster,sending unit,wiring will fool you with and empty tank. OH if you suspect low fuel,do not fill the tank as it is hard to handle dropping a full tank.
    Boy if you spill that fuel in the car the customer will complain constantly about how they smell and think there is a leak,just saying.

28. We always managed to get a push crew together (buy some burritos, they will come). Seriously, it is dangerous to be working alone. You have the slip and fall hazard, the fire hazard, and the always popular heart attack hazard. At one GM Dealership in Tucson AZ we had a rash of mechanics needing hernia repairs (groin level) I was one. I was determined the likely cause was the strain of pushing cars. The Owner bought an electric pusher to handle the job. We went from 10+ guys needing time off for surgery to none in one year. Getting paid for the time spent getting a car into the shop was always a thorny issue. You would like to get paid at least a half hour to hook this stuff up and get the car into the shop, this payment seldom happened. On GM cars you could bet this fuel pump issue was intermittent so before you go to the effort to add an additional fuel delivery system, give it a few tries. I can remember with the 1997 Malibu (Motor Trend Car of the Year no less) there was always an issue with the ignition key not turning. If the key does not turn it was very difficult to get the car into the shop. What we figured out to do was,put the ignition key in the lock cylinder and give it one good tap with a small hammer (the key that is), it most always allowed the lock cylinder to turn so the car could be brought into the shop for a proper repair.

29. Just love your old shop 😉 Its pretty 😉

30. A couple weeks ago I used my John Deere 18 HP 285 lawn tractor to pull in a Hyundai Santa Fe. My daughter got stranded with a fuel pump problem and I just poured in a couple ounces of 2-stroke oil into the tank and the seized pump freed up. She drove it home.

31. great vid, I too had an issue with crank and won't fire… (noodle works great sometimes little slower than norm) so my issue with crank and won't fire ….ready no fuel… I had low fuel actually below the fuel screen. how I know my noodle told me thru my eyes looking in the tank thru spec plate as I stared at the fuel pump and screen sitting above the fuel…. :/

32. I've been doing this for years. If you put a valve to hold the air in after you fill the tank, you can run it for awhile.

33. why can't we have both this Eric and the "wiser teaching Eric" on alternate weeks

34. Yee-Haw : )

35. This is why if I ever get a shop I'm going to mount a hand crank winch on the back wall.

36. You could of put the truck in First gear or drive and cranked it over with the starter mother into the shop

37. put it in gear and start the starter

38. why you just dont push the car.. 🙂

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