I have a ford f-250 1991 with a 7.3 diesel.
I changed the rusted 19 gallon center tank with one from a salvage yard. The replacement tank came out of a regular gas truck. It looked identical in every dimension and aspect to the original tank I replaced.
It had a submerged pump in it but my truck did not have a submerged pump, so I put the fuel quantity sending float unit in that was in my truck to begin with.
My issue is now when I burn 7 gallons out of the 19 gallon tank from being full- it stops running due to no fuel siphoning from the tank for the engine driven lift pump to pull to the injector pump.
This is very annoying I have to fill up every other day otherwise it will stall and leave me stranded. I have the bed box off now and I look inside the tank and note that the pickup on my sending unit goes to the bottom of the tank. I see no reason why this is happening other than there is not enough head pressure at 12 gallons to keep the fuel delivery line primed.
Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas. I am thinking about purchasing a Submerged pump and quantity float assembly that was intended for the tank but I wondering-since these are for gas models-not diesel if there will be any issues.
I changed the rusted 19 gallon center tank with one from a salvage yard. The replacement tank came out of a regular gas truck. It looked identical in every dimension and aspect to the original tank I replaced.
It had a submerged pump in it but my truck did not have a submerged pump, so I put the fuel quantity sending float unit in that was in my truck to begin with.
My issue is now when I burn 7 gallons out of the 19 gallon tank from being full- it stops running due to no fuel siphoning from the tank for the engine driven lift pump to pull to the injector pump.
This is very annoying I have to fill up every other day otherwise it will stall and leave me stranded. I have the bed box off now and I look inside the tank and note that the pickup on my sending unit goes to the bottom of the tank. I see no reason why this is happening other than there is not enough head pressure at 12 gallons to keep the fuel delivery line primed.
Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas. I am thinking about purchasing a Submerged pump and quantity float assembly that was intended for the tank but I wondering-since these are for gas models-not diesel if there will be any issues.
