[blustreak]

Originally Posted by luvmy99cougar

so did u hook up a fuel pressure guage to the schrader valve then? if so, make sure its snug on there and turn the key or however your turning the pump on like 2-3 times to let it build up pressure if it is making any, by just putting the gauge on its not gonna tell you anything, you have to let it run a few times. if you already know that then just ignore me. i would say around 40-45psi is where it should be, maybe more. thats really the main test to see if the pump is bad or not. also doing a pressure bleed off test, which is just letting the gauge sit sit for about 5min and see if the guage moved at all... if the car would run and you seemed to be having trouble with it getting enough fuel, theres another test that can be done while the car is running ,which i wont get into at the moment.

Well I did release the pressure using the valve before I disconnected the filter and pump and I did hear it release a small bit of pressure but not much. The fuel system has braided fuel lines and a regulator with a pressure gauge in the engine bay. That gauge is what I was using as it's inlne. I also have a gauge for in the car I hooked up and still got 0 pressure.

I think it's the fuel pump but when I hook it up it sounds like it's running strong. Maybe it just needs a new insert in the fuel filter I'm not sure.