Originally Posted by
zip439
If you do not get 55 ~ 60 PSI with the car running your problem is with the fuel pump, OR the filter/pressure regulator. There are test to determine which is the culprit.
But testing costs labor dollars, and besides, a car old enough to develop issues with one of those items is gonna develop issues with the other one.
You'd save time an a LITTLE money doing what I did: Had the pump and filter/regulator changed at the same time.
My Ranger finally died on me after being hard to start (ONLY when WARM). IT acted up for three years, it would start cold fine, but when warm, you had to park the switch at "ON" for 5 seconds, then go to "START" and it would usually start and run. Finally, one day in June, it died at a traffic light. Fuel pressure was spec at 62, it would start at 60 and fall to 18. Engine could idle at 25 but not really run and make power below 40."
New fuel pump/filter/regulator/pickup assembly cost $960 plus the $140 tow bill. But the truck is 17 years old and runs like new again.
Now, as to this guys car, we know that Crank sensors don['t like heat when they get old, but his CPS can't be THAT hot just sitting there.