# 1989 Chevy Pickup fuel pump **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, 1500\ **Created:** [August 20, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981 "2013-08-20T02:16:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamez67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jamez67](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jamez67)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/1 "2013-08-20T02:16:22Z")
1989 Chevy Pickup C1500 5.7L engine. I have put three new fuel pumps in and they run but no fuel comes out at the pump. Any help would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/2 "2013-08-20T02:43:26Z")
Are you putting in a pump-only kit and no new strainer ? Is there mud/silt in the tank you didn’t clean out ? Is the pick up tube bent ? Where are you testing for fuel flow ? at the pump or at the intake ? ( if at the intake , did you not put on a new fuel filter ? ) ---
**Author:** ![Jamez67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jamez67](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jamez67)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/3 "2013-08-20T02:51:00Z")
Immersed pump with no strainer in fuel. pump runs no fuel flow at pump. Pick up tube is clear and not bent. Testing for flow at pump. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/4 "2013-08-20T02:52:17Z")
Check your polarity. ---
**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/5 "2013-08-20T02:54:47Z")
++ Rod Knox – my thoughts exactly!! ---
**Author:** ![Jamez67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jamez67](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jamez67)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/6 "2013-08-20T02:57:22Z")
The plug only goes in one way. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/7 "2013-08-20T03:47:48Z")
Did you install the complete assembly or the pump only? > **[Auto Parts and Replacement Parts for Cars, Trucks & SUVs](https://www.autozone.com/parts)** > > AutoZone is the leading retailer of quality aftermarket auto parts, offering OE or better car parts like batteries, brakes, engine parts, and oil filters. If you installed the pump only there is a rubber nipple on the pump intake that must be removed to install the sock filter and those pumps come with several harnesses to enable installing in various models, the harnesses can be improperly installed, reversing polarity. ---
**Author:** ![Jamez67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jamez67](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jamez67)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-chevy-pickup-fuel-pump/80981/8 "2013-08-20T03:55:13Z")
O.K. I will look at that. Thank You.