Hi all fellow enthusiasts.

I hope someone out there will tell me this is an easy fix.

I took the car out of winter storage. It started up right away.
I let it idle for a few minutes and turned it off.

I had the radio on while vacuumin out all the dust in the cabin. I checked all the fluids and tried to start it to go wash the outside and it would not fire up. It crankes fine and the battery is in good condition. It just will not fire.

I have tried the battery reset but it did not help.

Anyone got a clue? The weather here is super and I am a bit sad not to be able to enjoy it on the road.

 

Your fuel pump may have died on you. Very common problem when these cars are put away for winter storage....

 

I guess it is time to roll up my sleeves then.

Can you do this with half a tank of fuel or do I need to drain it first?

I have read somewhere here that you should also replace the black electrical mysterybox when you replace the pump.
Does anyone know what it is called and where I can buy it? #SNGBarratt

 

I did it!!

It took me all weekend but I replaced both fuelpumps and now the roar is back.

my two cents of advice is you need a friend with long skinny arms to get those fuel lines off and on again.


I shaped my own tool out of a plastic electrical pipe. used a small saw to shape it and then heated it with a heatgun and wraped the end around a 10mm drill bit. The long one made it "easy" to put it on the hose and push it into the connector. I could not get my big arms up to actually remove them so my neightbours kid had to help me with that.


If you have an XKR and swapping both pumps, just do one at the time. I unscrewed both at the same time and the splashguard fell off and was a pain to get back in the right possioton again. It is mounted with the same screws as the pumps. By just unscrewing one at the time the plate will stay put.

 

This topic is fair warning to drive your car year round, at least for a day or two monthly in the off season. The fuel pumps can last a really long time if they are exercised regularly.

I’ve got over 195,000 miles on my original fuel pumps, fingers crossed.


Z

 

You've really tempted fate there!

 

as a firm believer in the pitfalls of low mileage cars, daily driving the XKR keeps the the car, and me, happiest.

Z