tennsubaru Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hi, I've got a 91 loyale 5 speed. A couple weeks ago I was coming back from school late one night and all of a sudden it had absolutely no power. I started stalling just to get up a hill. Well I finally got it on a flat it could only go about 45 mph and not go into 5th at all. I thought for sure a head gasket must have blown but the oil looks fine. Took it to a mechanic and he said the fuel pressure was 2 psi...could the fuel pump be shot? Seems weird that it would go out all of a sudden. Help! Thanks, Bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 nothing weird, nothing all of a sudden. the fuel pump has been wearing out the past 25 years and now finally the ea82 has called it quits - not gonna continue at an appalling 2 psi. ask your mechanic to bet his boys on it ! you may need to replace a few other service items while there. Have him do a compression test first, maybe new plugs leads and cap n rotor, fuel filter oil filter change .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 It is supposed to be making something more like 25psi. Running at all on 2 is pretty good. A blown headgasket bad enough to cause loss of power would likely be making quite a smoke show - just guessing, because I have never had one that blown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennsubaru Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Ok thanks. I've been reading that you can put a fuel pump from a late 80s ford f150 on there and do fine. Does anyone have experience with that? They seem to cost 25 vs 200 bucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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