no fuel to filter after engine swap

[obert1229]

Hey, I'm new to the forum, I'm trying to help my dad fix a problem with his 2002 Ranger. We just swapped the engine to fix a timing chain issue. The engine will crank and will start if we prime it with gas in the throttle body. We aren't getting gas to the fuel rail. We can hear the fuel pump run for a few second when we turn the key, but it doesn't pump any fuel through the line with the filter out. We've checked the inertia switch and bypassed it as well.

The truck was sitting for a couple of weeks while we located an engine and got the new one put in.

All the fuses are good, relays are working, and it seems the fuel pump runs, but there is no gas coming out of the fuel lines that run to the fuel filter.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!!!

 

[sholzy]

Gotta ask the stupid question first: do you have gas in it? You would be surprised at how many people overlook something so simple as this.

If your not getting fuel to the filter then your fuel line might have debris in it. Disconnect each end of the line at each segment and blow air through it. Fuel pump strainer might be plugged. Hose might be pinched.

The inertia switch is working if the pump runs when you turn the key on. That switch is to cut off the pump in case of roll-over or sudden stop due to a collision.