Is the fuel a year old as well? I would start with a new fuel filter
because that is easier and cheaper and go from there. Seems like fuel pumps
either work or they don't work, I have never had one semi work.


> wrote in message
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> Ok so heres whats going on...
> I have an 87 4.0 Wagoneer. It has been sitting outside unused for about
> a year. I decided to got it out to take a spin in it yesterday, and
> noticed that it will not rev over about 2,500 RPM. It almost instantly
> dies. It will also stumble and sputter when I try to accelerate
> moderately hard. It seems to me as though it's starving for gas... thus
> leading me to believe the fuel pump has taken a dump. Are my
> assumptions correct? Or is something else causing the problem? Thanks!
> Gary
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