2nd opinion

[rightlane]

hello all, my fj60 died on me last night while driving, i think its a fuel delivery problem. a couple weeks ago same thing happened but it started up and ran fine a few minutes later. so, last night it won't start after dying so i pull the fuel filter, shake it up and blow it out. fuel and air both pass easily, reinstall it, truck still wont start. check a few more things, turn the motor over @ 50 times and still nothing. recheck the filter and its empty! fuel pump, right? haven't had a chance to try dumping gas into the carb yet but i will when i get home from work. any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Mr. Toad]

hello all, my fj60 died on me last night while driving, i think its a fuel delivery problem. a couple weeks ago same thing happened but it started up and ran fine a few minutes later. so, last night it won't start after dying so i pull the fuel filter, shake it up and blow it out. fuel and air both pass easily, reinstall it, truck still wont start. check a few more things, turn the motor over @ 50 times and still nothing. recheck the filter and its empty! fuel pump, right? haven't had a chance to try dumping gas into the carb yet but i will when i get home from work. any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated, thanks.

Is the fuel tank empty?

You may laugh, but a buddy's car pooped out after driving thru some high water. He thought he killed it. Electrical hocus pocus wetness or something. Well, turns out that it only coincidentally stalled after the water crossing -- because that's where it happened to run out of gas!

 

[JBBenson]

Is the fuel tank empty?

Sherlock Holmes' Law - After eliminating the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, is the truth.

 

[FJ40Jim]

Could also be rust flakes covering up the pickup screen in the tank. Try blowing backwards through the fuel feed line into the tank (with the filler cap removed). If it pulls fuel and runs fine afterwards, then it is the junk in the tank getting sucked up against the screen.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

Could also be rust flakes covering up the pickup screen in the tank. Try blowing backwards through the fuel feed line into the tank (with the filler cap removed). If it pulls fuel and runs fine afterwards, then it is the junk in the tank getting sucked up against the screen.

easy fix, just turn the cruiser upside down and was out the tank.

 

[FJ40Jim]

Actually, you only need to roll it onto the pass. side and let the rust slosh out the filler neck.

 

[rightlane]

i blew into the fuel line to the tank to no avail, i pulled the pump off with the lines still attached, except for the fuel out line, and was able to manually prime the system by pushing the lever a few times. hooked it back up and it starts and runs fine. do you think the pump is on its way out?

 

[Mr. Toad]

i blew into the fuel line to the tank to no avail, i pulled the pump off with the lines still attached, except for the fuel out line, and was able to manually prime the system by pushing the lever a few times. hooked it back up and it starts and runs fine. do you think the pump is on its way out?

How could you "prime the system" by operating the pump lever if the line from the pump to the carb (the "fuel out" line) was removed? FWIW, If you could prime the system by operating the pump, the pump is operating.

My thought would be that whatever was obstructing the line between the tank and pump is no longer obstructing it. For now. Maybe forever. But probably not.

 

[lovetoski]

hello all, my fj60 died on me last night while driving, i think its a fuel delivery problem. a couple weeks ago same thing happened but it started up and ran fine a few minutes later. so, last night it won't start after dying so i pull the fuel filter, shake it up and blow it out. fuel and air both pass easily, reinstall it, truck still wont start. check a few more things, turn the motor over @ 50 times and still nothing. recheck the filter and its empty! fuel pump, right? haven't had a chance to try dumping gas into the carb yet but i will when i get home from work. any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated, thanks.

These symptoms are common for failing fuel pumps. They aren't too expensive, and are easy to replace. One "gotcha" is the spacer - most of them require a spacer to work right. It should come with the new pump.

 

[bridges]

Could also be rust flakes covering up the pickup screen in the tank. Try blowing backwards through the fuel feed line into the tank (with the filler cap removed). If it pulls fuel and runs fine afterwards, then it is the junk in the tank getting sucked up against the screen.

Sounds like experience talking there, you working on a tank project these days?