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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 08:14 AM
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Husbands 2007 Chevy Express 5.3 L van died on the way to work, would not restart and stay running, all electrical worked fine. Had it towed home and replaced the fuel pump as that was determined to be the issue. We actually cut an access panel in the floor to replace the pump as the tank had just been filled up with $70 worth of gas. First fuel pump was bad! Second fuel pump is good, but the van won't stay running. One question is whether or not something needs to be reset on the computer? Or what other possibilities could it be?
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 08:37 AM
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Does it lose fuel or spark when it won't run?
What is the theft light doing?

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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 08:39 AM
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Hope you didn't use Airtex pumps.
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by carfixer007
Does it lose fuel or spark when it won't run?
What is the theft light doing?
Does not lose fuel or spark and no lights on.
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike
Hope you didn't use Airtex pumps.
First one was an AC Delco and off hand not sure what the second one is that works!
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by kbcouch
First one was an AC Delco and off hand not sure what the second one is that works!
Delphi is the second one.
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Originally Posted by kbcouch
Does not lose fuel or spark and no lights on.
So . . . it doesn't lose fuel, it doesn't lose spark, and I'm assuming it doesn't lose air. Based on this, it must be losing something or else it would be running.
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Originally Posted by kbcouch
One question is whether or not something needs to be reset on the computer?
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Or what other possibilities could it be?
We need to know what the fuel pressure is with the ignition on.
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Originally Posted by CathedralCub
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We need to know what the fuel pressure is with the ignition on.
Don't have a number but he says it is good as when they disconnect the line you can hear the pressure.
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That won't work, we need an actual pressure, not 'fuel sprayed out'. Countless times we've chased an issue when it ended up being the fuel pump because the person never put a gauge on it like we asked.
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