# 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645 "2008-03-10T04:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vincent52100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vincent52100](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vincent52100)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645/1 "2008-03-10T04:37:46Z")

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Hi, was wondering if anybody knew installing an electric fuel pump between the fuel filter and the injection pump on a Toyota Diesel would cause any kind of a problem, such as too much pressure to the pump? Thanks1

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**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645/2 "2008-03-10T05:34:10Z")

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What is it you are trying to accomplish? This sounds like part of a WVO hack.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645/3 "2008-03-10T18:40:27Z")

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The system is already high pressure so I can’t see how there would be too much pressure. Where are you? I want to stay at least 100’ away.

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**Author:** ![Wha-Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@Wha-Who](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Wha-Who)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645/4 "2008-03-10T19:52:40Z")

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It’s an interesting concept. Install an electric fuel pump to prime the system if you should happen to run out of fuel which can be a problem with a diesel. If the pump has a regulator, it could be set at a very low pressure such as 10 psi. Are you sure that your diesel doesn’t already have a manual primer pump for this? Some do but VWs do not, Chevette diesels did; don’t know about Toyotas small diesels that came and went.

Some may confuse a low pressure fuel pump with the in-tank high pressure pumps required for gasoline vehicles with fuel injection.

Your idea is worth some investigation. If such a pump has low resistance to fuel flow unpowered, it could be left unpowered until needed and hang on to your diesel; you will need it more than ever as fuel prices rise.

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**Author:** ![vincent52100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vincent52100](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vincent52100)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-toyota-diesel-pickup/11645/5 "2008-03-12T18:50:50Z")

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Thanks, yeah the manual pump is a pain when you run out of fuel, just thinking.