Fuel pump - going in from the top

I just recently determined that my wife's 88 Voyager 2.5 liter needed a new fuel pump. However, the idea of lying on my back dropping the tank outdoors in February by myself was not appealing. I removed the seats, pulled up the carpet and pad and created a 12x12 inch access hole on the horizontal centerline and 42 inches from the back bumper. This is the 15 gallon tank. I was then able to easily remove the whole assembly. I discovered that the pump itself was not bad but the sock (prefilter) that attached to the bottom of the pump housing was covered in a brownish goo that prevented all but just an idle amount of gas from passing. The symptoms were decent idling and light throttle running, but severe stumbling on any hill. I did however change the pump and the sock. Everything was reinstalled and an aluminum plate was attached with self drilling wafer head screws around the perimeter. The plate was then silicone sealed along the edge and the pad, carpet and seats were resinstalled. The van runs well again. This is simply one guy's way of doing things. I'm not recommeding it for anyone else.

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Lhead
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So long as there was no compromise to the structual integrity of the body, and the patch was properly sealed, you just saved a lot of work. I understand that the Dodge Avenger's fuel pump and filter can be accessed by removing a panel. I wish this was offered on all vehicles.

-Kirk Matheson

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kmatheson

Hmmm seems to me like alot more trouble to do what you did then to just drop the 2 straps and lower the tank to the ground, it doesnt have to be completly taking out.

Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech

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maxpower

Don't have a clue about the Avenger, but the first-gen LH cars (Intrepid, Vision, Concorde) have a fuel pump access panel in the trunk floor. Its way forward under the package shelf and not the easiest place to work, but it sure beats slithering around under the car draining and dropping a full gas tank!

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Steve

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Ken Pisichko

Im sure the bean counters had somethng to do with not making an acess hole thru the top, that would have costed them extras...and then Im sure you have the others fighting that it could be a fire hazard if the plate seperates in an accident....possible fuel getting into the vehicle

Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech

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maxpower

would be nice..... girlfriends brother just spent a fortune having fuel pump changed on a 1980's chevrolet Camaro

remove back axle, to remove gas tank, to R&R fuel pump.

:(

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Markansas

You hav to understand, that's a tricky thing to engineer. The trouble is, in a wreck, you've got two holes lined up that could shoot gas into the interior of the covers pop off. If you make a trunk floor, for instance, out of a single sheet of metal, then really it won't get perforated in almost any accident, so if the gas tank gets squashed it is not so unpleasant.

If it wasn't for wrecks, it would be much easier to engineer cars for maintenance access.

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Joe

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