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I haven't had one sign of a problem untill I got ready to start my truck 30 minutes after I last drove it today. It turns over fine and will try to hit some if I just lightly hit the starter. A GM mechanic said to bump the gas tank with a rubber mallet while someone was trying to start in to shock the fuel pump in case in was stuck but that didn't help. I am 20 miles from home so I am limited to what I can do here. The truck is an 01 Silverado with a LS1. It has a full tank of gas.
Same problem here. :doh:
Mine did that two days ago: full tank of gas, no engine lights, turn over but no start. Went inside and came back out 30 mins later and it started up just fine. :duh:
Haven't had the problem since, but I am thinking that my fuel pump is going out....or...there is something wrong with my pcm and i need to get it retuned by Allen. So far, I haven't been able to get in touch with him. 6 calls, and 3 messages...but nothing...guess he's busy.
My guess also is fuel pump, my truck only has 44k on it. I have tried several times about 30 minutes apart but no luck.
Oh and if this helps.
I went to a mechanic today and ran a diagnostic. They didn't pull up anything wrong???
Well they did, but it wasn't related to the problem you and I are having with the no start. I ended up having to fix a faulty pressure control electrical selenoid in my transmission. Yea....a whopping $330 :bash:
Let me know if you find out what the problem is.
Only 66K on my truck.......still doesn't make any sense why diagnostic didn't pull anything up.
Maybe someone else will tune in and shed some light on this.
So far it looks like I have no fuel pressure and no fuel pump running, according to the repair manual there is supposed to be a place to jump across and activate the fuel pump in the fuse box but I haven't found it yet. Also I have no diagnostics scan tool which looks like may be purchashed in the very near future. Who makes a good scan tool?
Truck is running, I think the fuel pump was stuck because it started after I thumped the gas tank with a rubber mallet while the wife was trying to start it. Chances are it will do it again so for now I am carrying the mallet with me.
Yep, the mallet will work pretty well for awhile. :lol:
Let me know how much it costs ya to replace that thing because I'm sure I will be replacing my fuel pump soon.
According to Nelson people are using the Walbro 255 lph pump and they cost under $125. Auto zone wanted around $330
Yeah, but I wonder how dependable it is....i mean...that is a heck of a lot cheaper. I always believe ya get what ya pay for in most cases.
I will probably give one a try if I have any more problems
the reason the walbro is so cheap is you are only getting the pump. autozone or oreilly is going to sell you the pump, sending unit and all mounting hardware to just swap out the entire pump assembly.
I had to get my fuel pump replaced on my 02 2500HD with under 10,000 miles on it. I am lucky I am still under warranty. I can't find the receipt right now but it woulda cost around $264 for the pump assembly and $250 for labor for the stealership to do the job.
So far mine is still running. it will be interesting to see how far it goes before it happens again but when it does I will definately be swapping pumps.
hey ron, that's odd it was stuck, for about 130 or so, you can get that walbro and it pumps a lot more fuel.
hey kinjo, i don't have any messages from you, did you leave a vm or just try calling and no vm, i haven't been online for more than 3 mins in the last 5 days, i posted about that.
regardless, you pcm was sent already sent out and keep us updated on how it turns out, you'd be one of the first that the mileage actually went down, lol. no funny, but just not common.
anyway, take care and call anytime, i'm making a huge effort to take all calls or at least return them shortly after a vm is left.
allen
now that i think about it, i think we talked already, lol.
later,
allen
Same here....haven't had the no start problem again but, I do think I had a fuel pressure problem this past weekend because as I was coasting through town at 40mph I had my foot barely on the pedal to keep the speed but it was sounding like I was pushing the pedal and letting off, like revving the engine. Only the sound was much quieter than if I had actually been revving the engine. I think my pump was not able to keep up and was causing the fuel pressure to drop in spurts.
Then again, who knows it could be something else. :duh:
Still no more problems for me