2005 dodge grand caravan fuel tank removal

During handling of the fuel-exposed parts of the repair, use gloves that won’t dissolve in gas, in case you get any on your hands. Wear safety glasses, the wrap-around kind, so as to protect your eyes from potential gas splashes and falling debris while you are working below deck.Ĥ. Also, if you have to use a flashlight on the job, even the LED kind, when you switch it on or off, do so far away from the fuel tank and vapours to keep the switch spark away. Keep any sources of heat, fire, and sparks away from the area. In my case, I did the work in my backyard garage as shelter from the Vancouver rain, but kept both front and back garage doors open to have some air flow.Ģ. You absolutely MUST do this job in a well-ventilated area. Due to the fuel and fuel vapour that will be present, plus the fact that some of the time you will be working underneath part of a heavy vehicle with part of it elevated, there is risk of fire, explosion, injury and even death, if you get any of this wrong. Usual disclaimer: I take no responsibility for injury or loss that may result from following any parts of this how-to. It seems possible to replace or fix just the sender, but I decided to replace the whole pump assembly becauseĪ) I found a good deal on the whole replacement pump and sender (see below for sources)ī) I didn’t want to fiddle around with the old gas-soaked pump more than necessary, gas being a known carcinogen, andĬ) the pump was apparently the original, 15+ years old, so it seemed reasonable to replace it for reliability reasons. In my case, the reason for the repair is that the fuel level sender had failed. You’ll need to raise the back of the van and then lower the tank, to get at the pump and do the repair. In these vans, the fuel pump sits in the fuel tank, and is mounted there via a port at the top-front of the tank. Mine is the LE version, 3.8L V6 engine, but the procedure for other related models should be just about the same. Pretty much the same vehicle also exists as a Chrysler Town and Country, another triumph of marketing, or something). (Well actually, mine is a Plymouth Grand Voyager, same van but “Plymouth” no longer exists thanks to the Chrysler finance debacle and subsequent brand elimination.

Recently, I needed to replace the fuel pump in my 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan.

2005 dodge grand caravan fuel tank removal