Car woes... Fuel pump is suspected

[mijo_latino]

waiting to turn left on Ford RD onto Haggerty my car decided to die. Caused a nice line of angry Canton-ites to freak out. A guy in a sxt neon, mildly modded, of all people helped me to push her into a gas station(+1 for the neons out there). Would crank, nothing else.

I suspect the pump because a few issues recently

-in the fall I thought my gas guage stopped reading right, at an 1/8 tank, the car died. Put fuel in and it started right up. Never let it get that low again.
- at highway speeds, it sometimes pops the 1071 annd 1074 codes. together. This happens very rarely. Checked and resealed everything including the intake. I concluded i was pegging the comps parameters and just needed a tune. maybe fuel pressure started to falter?


tech:

Quickest check to see if the pump is bad? I turn the key and here something switching on the front passenger side of the engine but nothing from the rear of the car.

Tomorrow i will check out the relay, the fuses and what not. also, if it is the pump, will I be able to find one quickly(Murrary's autozone etc.)? should I attempt it in a apartment complex parking lot? read over the how to's and doesn't seem complicated at all, just a pain. Can bring all tools needed in a pickup truck. Sounds crazy but i rather not strap and tow 12 miles to the parents(its how I got it here). Its the 98 btw.

Bit long winded sorry.

 

[DBMSTNG]

usually when a fuel pump is bad, it doesn't work at all. but turning the key, you should here the fuel pump if it was working. when did you last change the fuel filter? did you often let the tank get down to 1/8th?

 

[mijo_latino]

fuel filter was done roughly 7000 miles ago 10,000 miles before that. the car has been ran dry a few times throughout its life. (Not by me though, only once er.. twice!). I tried to keep it over 1/2 all the time.

Ive hit teh booze until tomorrow, oh the woes.... Has 135,000 so all things considered it just probably was its time after the abuse.

 

[mijo_latino]

Woohoo!

It was the fuel pump. The End

When i lowered it and removed the plastic shroud, there was a dent in the center of the tank. No idea how that happened. Never backed into or got hit. almost like someone attempted to lift(WTF?). I was able to push it back out and replace the pump. Fired right up after that. Increased the size of the tank too.