Fuel system- Dual tanks

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Asked by texascowboy1809 Oct 15, 2009 at 07:51 PM about the 1990 Ford F-150

Question type: General

Can anyone explain to me how the Dual tank fuel system works in a 90 or so model? Thanks.

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425

what do you want to know other than its two separate smaller fuel tanks

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1,105

How it works. does it feed from both front and the rear or does it pull fuel from just the rear and siphons fuel from the front?

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715

the system draws from on tank until the switch is flipped then thit activate a module down on the frame rail just behind the cab between the rail & the front tank, that tells witch fuel pump to turn on, wich is likley the cause if your truck will oinly pull fron one tank

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1,105

well here is the freaky thing. I think it was siphoning fuel from the front tank to the rear tank. I flipped the switch to the front tank and started driving, then i flipped it back to the rear tank and it was full, whereas before i had a quarter of a tank in the rear.

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715

the switch module on the frame is toast. there is check valves in it so that doesnt happen

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410

My 1993 F-150 has to fuel tanks, which one should I use, please help?

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580

My 1995 F-150 won't start it turns over good but won't start I replaced the dual tank switch which is what they said was wrong it ran for a couple months now the same thing happened again can I eliminate the dual tank switch and just use the front tank

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11/1993 4.9 has no switch moduall or high pressure pump. The pcm controls the pump pressure. Note, the pcm is receiving inputs from a variety of inputs,

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440

I'm having the same issue where it seems like gas is being siphoned from one tank to the other and I'm wondering if anybody has a quick fix for this or if that module just absolutely has to be replaced? I don't mind using only one tank for the time being if that is doable. Thank you in advance

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260

I have a 1997 Ford F-350 with dual tanks I want to do it with the back tank how can I do it with that

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260

So there's no way you can do away with back tank

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160

If both the front and back tank are full which one should I use first?

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260

I have replaced both fuel pumps and all the lines the fuel filter and the fuel still will not pump up can anyone help me cause i still cannot get my truck to start.pressure regulator

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260

And i also cannot hear the front pump kick on the back one does not the front i thought i got a bad pump so took it back and parts store replaced it for me stll cannot hear it kick on can hear back one kick on not front one

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120

I have a 1985 F-150 XLT it has dual tanks it doesn't matter which tank I'm on after a while it starts acting up like there's no gas in the tank if I switch from the rear to the front it stops but then it starts up again even though it's on the front so I switched back to the rear and it will go for a while and then it act up again like it has no gas I need to know if the fuel pumps in both tanks are bad or if it's the fuel switch that could be bad

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I have the same issue as you @hawkman68 — any luck? I have. 94 f250 460 engine

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10

I have duel diesel tanks. The front tank has a hole in it can I still use my truck with only the rear tank?

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