I have recently replaced the fuel pump on my s60 and it won't pump gas from the driver's side of the tank, I have removed the pump and rerouted the hosing to make sure there is no kinks in the hose, I have replaced the driver's side sending unit and now the gas gauge seems to be working although it reads 1/2 tank most of the time when I know there is less gas in the tank. When I drive say more than 30 miles or so the gas gauge will drop to empty, if I stop the car for a while then start it again the gauge will work again. Yesterday I drove on a longer trip and the car actually stop running and the gas gauge had been on empty for a while. I set for about 10 minutes and then the car started right up. when I arrived home the PEM was hot

I guess the questions I have for everyone here is.

1. Can a bad PEM cause the car to stall?
2. Does the PEM have anything to do with the pump not pumping from the driver's side of the tank?
3. the fuse that operates the back doors,trunk and probably some others thing can that fuse be blown because of the PEM?

A few weeks ago when I was installing the pump and was running the car for a while the pem was scalding hot, does that mean anything?

I really appreciate any help. Thanks Robert.

 

Any thoughts?

 

The car stalls often and the gas gauge starts and stops often. Today the car acted like it was starved for gas when I know that both sides of the tank was full. I pulled over and waited 5 minutes and it ran me all the way home about 10 miles. the problem starts when the car warms up and I drive about 20 miles. Sorry for all of the questions guys. but this thing has gotten PERSONAL between the s60 and myself. I will fix it or I will junk it. btw the car is/was a cream puff 94,000 when I bought one owner dealer serviced. Thanks Robert.

 

Any additional thoughts? What is causing the car to stall, and what is causing the gas gauge to stop and start working?

 

Have you been able to pull any codes from the car? Without error codes much of the possible troubleshooting will only be a shot in the dark. A quick trip to autozone to use their code reader and a google of the codes might be very enlightening or at the very least will give the forum a starting point to make some suggestions on where to look next :-).