Here's a new one (on me). Tonight, after filling up my tank with liquid gold at the ARCO, I turned the key, and the old 4.0L started to light, then gagged and died. When I tried to start it again, the fuel line felt like it was dry - no flow. I pushed it out from the gas pumps, and called the shop that normally services my YJ (yeah, the NHRA, NASCAR, and Baja 500 shop next door to my workplace in Torrance) on the cell, and Gil suggested that the electric fuel pump probably seized up, either due to some particulate getting into it, or because the pump gave up its ghost. The tank had two or three gallons of 89 octane gold before I filled it, so it didn't go dry. He suggested that I bang on the gas tank a few times, and then try and start it again. Since I have a 4 D cell Mag-Lite mounted on the side of my driver's seat, it seemed the most appropriate tool at hand (no BF hammer handy...). I gave the tank area four or five well placed raps on the skid plate (probably scuffed my flashlight), then tried to turn the engine over. It started right up. And drove all the way home back to the Disneyland area without a glitch. I stopped before getting home to vote (in my party, there was only one candidate, so I wrote in myself), and then jumped back in and it started up again just fine. Should I come to the conclusion that the pump had seized on some dirt, or should I replace the pump "just in case"? I don't like being stranded 30 miles from home, but what's the likelihood that I've got a BO pump? Any comments?
Regards,
Doug Gavilanes Garden Grove, CA.