Fuel pump replacement question

[Saker]

When my 2014 SR5 Premium went in for the fuel pump recall, they put it up on the rack, dropped the tank down partially, disconnected the harness, lines, dropped the tank and changed the fuel pump. Went back in reverse order.
Never removed the seat or got into the T4R as it was on the rack when it was replaced.

 

[Jeremy556]

When my 2014 SR5 Premium went in for the fuel pump recall, they put it up on the rack, dropped the tank down partially, disconnected the harness, lines, dropped the tank and changed the fuel pump. Went back in reverse order.
Never removed the seat or got into the T4R as it was on the rack when it was replaced.

After finishing mine up, I planned to do it this way if I ever had to drop the tank again. Easier to reach around the side of the tank than pull out the rear seat and carpet for the access panel.

Without aftermarket skid plates or rusted bolts to deal with, removing the tank is easy, just 2 straps/bolts holding it in place.

 

[Saker]

After finishing mine up, I planned to do it this way if I ever had to drop the tank again. Easier to reach around the side of the tank than pull out the rear seat and carpet for the access panel.

Without aftermarket skid plates or rusted bolts to deal with, removing the tank is easy, just 2 straps/bolts holding it in place.

They sure made it look easy!

 

[Arnezie]

So after a few emails I finally got to the bottom of it. The service advisor is obviously an idiot and a liar his boss confirmed the tank was lowered to replace the pump. Upon further inspection in the daylight today it appears that the bolts holding skid plate and straps are freshly over torqued.


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[Jeremy556]

Upon further inspection in the daylight today it appears that the bolts holding skid plate and straps are freshly over torqued.

I would recommend you take them out (one at a time) and apply anti seize to them, especially in MI. I live in the desert and mine welded themselves in place to the point that I had to break off the threaded inserts in the frame to remove them and had to drill/tap new ones in the frame. It's not as strong as the original mounts, but my skid plate could easily support the tank without any straps.

 

[Ezlife45]

ugh you guys are making me nervous. I guess I'll look closely in a few weeks when I have her up on the lift to change the oil and rotate the tires.

Had mine done yesterday.

 

[Mark4runnar]

low pressure fuel pump recall

Ok so I’m at my dealer right now getting the fuel pump replaced under the recall and everything I’ve saw shows they have to drop the tank. My service guy just came to get me to remove the car seat in the back seat so they could access from the top ??? When I asked he said they don’t drop the tank ???


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The dealer did my recall / low pressure fuel pump replacement last week. The dealer (Bristol Toyota) told me that they needed access to the wiring ------under the seat, so I had to empty out the car, and they could only do the job if there was less than 1/3 of fuel in the tank.-------because the DO drop down the entire tank...........claim was it is a 5 hr job, so I had to leave it overnight....took my bike so I could get home--- no loaner car as part of the recall.
As far as I can tell they did the work and did not destroy anything?

 

[Lester Lugnut]

My service guy just came to get me to remove the car seat in the back seat so they could access from the top ???

Did they actually want you to remove the back seat or did you mean to say something else?

 

[Arnezie]

Did they actually want you to remove the back seat or did you mean to say something else?

The child car seat.


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[Lester Lugnut]

The child car seat.


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OK - the "child" part wasn't in your opening post.

 

[EddieV4runnin]

You know someone is definitely gonna end up with some custom work by a shady dealer and lazy technician sooner or later. :trophy:

 

[EZBR.]

You know someone is definitely gonna end up with some custom work by a shady dealer and lazy technician sooner or later. :trophy:

God i hope that someone isn't me

My runner goes in next friday... They've asked to to empty out my back seats....

It's gonna suck for them tho because I have an amp underneath my back seat driver side lol

 

[LandCruiser]

How bad is it to drop the tank?

I remember changing tank straps on XJs like it was a routine thing.

 

[T4R_Canuck]

The Toyota repair manual says to remove the passenger side rear seat to uncover the access panel above the fuel pump. You can use this access from above to release the electrical connector for the fuel pump, then drop the tank from below. This is not a necessary step as the electrical connector is one of the easiest ones to disconnect from below the tank. The vent lines are the pain in the rear as they have weird connectors on them and it has to be done virtually blind.

I recently did this in my garage with no previous experience and did not have to access the rear seat access panel. The electrical connector is easily disconnected from below. As an idiot, the whole job took me 5 hours in a cold garage, on my back, on the floor. A trained Toyota tech, with a hoist and transmission jack, should wrap this up in 2-3 hours easily in my opinion.

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[1000MPH]

I would recommend you take them out (one at a time) and apply anti seize to them, especially in MI. I live in the desert and mine welded themselves in place to the point that I had to break off the threaded inserts in the frame to remove them and had to drill/tap new ones in the frame. It's not as strong as the original mounts, but my skid plate could easily support the tank without any straps.

I think this is good advice.
Also, I took off my skid plate a few months ago and one of the inboard bolts is a real ***** to get in and out. I would make sure they reinstalled it.

 

[Rpede]

For the recall if we are experiencing no issues should it still be done? I’ve not heard of many having this issue but to have a recall they must have.

 

[4'running'26]

For the recall if we are experiencing no issues should it still be done? I’ve not heard of many having this issue but to have a recall they must have.

I'd also like to hear opinions on this.

I have mine scheduled for early January, and I have 184k on the odometer so part of me thinks it can't hurt to have it replaced anyways...but I'm a little worried about them messing something up.

 

[4'running'26]

Bumping this to see if anyone has any opinions on whether or not to go through with the replacement.

 

[ScottR]

Getting a new fuel pump for free? Do it.

 

[5thToy]

I do my own maintenance because I enjoy it and don't trust the JV team assigned by dealers to perform routine functions. That said, my fuel pump will be two years younger than my vehicle. That's a good thing. If the dealer screws something up, they will be required to fix it. I'm not stressing over this.