Jess

I think this was it! When I pulled the pump out the hose on the outlet side slipped right off. I seated it higher up on the port and tightened it down a ton. I also re-tightened the pump side for good measure. Then spent what felt like an eternity getting the pick up to plug back into that dumb grommet in the tank. I did disconnect the breather from the charcoal canister and blew on it for good measure, nothing came out so I dunno. Regardless it basically started right up. I could tell there was more pressure the moment I started attaching the pressure gauge to the valve and it sprayed gas all over me, something it wasn't doing before. Pressure is bang on 31psi/39 with vacuum removed. I drove it up and down the street, seems to be running great. Thank you all so much, I cannot express how appreciative I am for your help and support.

So I just unplugged the breather tube that runs Infront of the pump so it wasn't in my way of taking the pump out and water poured out of it. That doesn't seem right? Could water trapped in the vents be causing this? So before this trip I was having CA SMOG issues. I had low fuel pressure (not this low) and I replaced the pump+screen+breather vents on top and all the hoses connected to them as they were rotted pretty bad and a new gas cap. I don't think that inevitably helped me pass SMOG but it was on my to do list so I figured I might as well so all these gaskets and stuff are new. Not sure how water could have got in there. There has been a lot of rainy driving here and hitting some huge puddles (so fun!)

That sucks. Brand new Bosch fuel pump (like 3k miles). Btw shouldn't the fuel pressure increase when I pull the vacuum line on the regulator? Could it be bad too or is that also a side effect of a bad fuel pump?

Maybe that isn't the correct way to bypass it?

Still stock. But I did try jumpering the wires together the other day to see if it would do anything (it didn't).

9.75v with engine on

I'm getting around 8psi key on/engine off and 15psi at idle until it stalls then it very quickly drops to 0. No change in psi removing the vacuum line on the pressure regulator.

Yeah that just broke a couple months ago when I put inna new TPS. The clip on the IAC connector has been broken for years as well. Both are on my to-do list.

I don't see any smoke. I called Lordco, Napa & Canadian Tire and Canadian Tire is the only one with tool rentals but the friend I'm visiting has a mechanic friend who's letting me borrow a fuel pressure tester and hopefully a compression tester tomorrow. The neighbor here did have a vacuum gauge which was reading 20-25Hg at normal idle (while it lasted). No idea how accurate his gauge is. I used the vacuum reservoir port on the intake manifold. I went over every vacuum line and ground point today and couldn't find anything.

Just checked the bolts, nothing was blatantly loose but I was able to snug a few of them. Checked MAP hose, looks good. I did tip #31 about 40k miles ago but I did a thorough inspection of it a few weeks before I left on this trip. I inspected it, it's very clean as is the whole TB as I cleaned it before this trip. 1-8, 11-14, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32 and probably a few others. No worries. Thanks for the thought, appreciate it! This is my biggest worry. Engine oil (from dip stick at least) looks normal. I'm going to try and source a compression tester from one of the neighbors here today and hope I can rule that out.

*Richmond/New Westminster BC

Queensborough

I haven't checked that one yet but I have done all of cruisers grounding tips including adding a new ground for the fuel pump to the frame.

Hey friends, looking for some advice. I'm from California but I'm up visiting friends in Canada. I haven't driven my truck a ton while I've been here but when I have driven it it's been fine, until last night. I drove from where I'm staying to a friend's, roughly 10m drive, it was fine. When I went to leave a few hours later, truck wouldn't start. I was able to get it to move by giving it a ton of gas but it sounded horrible and I could tell it didn't want to drive so I pulled over and had it towed. I've been working on it today, haven't found anything glaring so I made this video, mostly for audio purposes of how it sounds. Once I can tell its going to start it idles super low like it's about to stall, then it shoots up to 1500 or so rpm before dropping back down to normal rpm of 900ish. It'll hover there for a few before dropping down to 400ish. Sometimes it'll go back up to normal idle or sometimes it'll just stall out as it does here. I'm kind of leaning toward this is a fuel delivery problem or bad gas but I dunno. Any help would be appreciated. https://photos.app.goo.gl/oejjdCZyLU3mFyfN7

I did many years ago but this has prompted me to do it again as it seems there's a few I missed.