I have a 92 pickup with about 250k that I plan to sell. It turns over but has been having trouble starting/running. Got it towed to the mechanic who said there’s no fuel pressure and would be $400 labor to tear in and diagnose. Could be a fuel pump or wire issue Which is pretty cheap to fix, or could be a more extensive problem - no way to tell until they’ve pulled apart. I just want to get it running in order to sell - is it worth paying for repairs or better to sell as is and tell the buyer there’s some sort of fuel Pressure issue?

 

What are your expectations as to your trucks value??? What is its general cosmetic condition? Any rust?????

Is it two wheel drive, or 4x4?? What engine and transmission? Lots of variables to consider, but a running machine is certainly worth more than a dead one.

Most Non-running trucks are worth ten or fifteen cents a pound.

 

4x4 and a little body rust. I'd like to get 4,000 if i put in the money to fix it. otherwise am curious what it would be worth if i sold to a buyer who'd want to put in the work to fix it up.

 

You'd better try and make it run right.

Maybe living where rust free trucks are common has turned my head, but I wouldn't even consider paying 2 thousand for a rusty truck that didn't run.

 

no $h1t, right?

OP is living a pipe dream to contemplate $4k for a truck that doesn’t run. might even be a pipe dream if it does run, with 250k miles and unknown condition.

 

400$ in diagnostics fees, I'm in the wrong industry! (Not really, been there done that.)

Pull the fuel return line off the fuel pressure regulator, route it into a catch can of some type you can measure the fuel volume returning to the tank. Now run the pump via the diagnostics port. You're looking for about 500cc per minute. Significantly more and you've got a bad regulator. Less means you have a volumetric supply problem, like a crushed/plugged line, bad pump, clogged fuel filter.


"Labor is free", well unless you've got something else productive to-do, get in there and figure it out!

 

Fixing it will not greatly increase your selling price but it will decrease the odds you're sitting on it longer. (Subtext: don't expect to add twice what you paid to fix it to your asking price.)