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Originally Posted by jpk View Post
There's a fuel pressure regulator on the driver's side fuel rail that can cause idle issues; it's relatively cheap ($30) and very easy to replace. It's a little metal can about the size of a walnut with a vacume line attached. De-pressurize the fuel rail (using the schrader valve on the passenger side rail) before you remove it.

I just swapped the pump in my '99 silverado as a preventative measure. It was a royal PITA.
Spend a couple of bucks and get the Delphi pump; it'll last you another 9 or 10 years. I've heard some of the cheaper aftermarket pumps failing after less than a year.
Thanks for the tip.

I've resigned myself to dropping the tank, that way I won't be so pissed if it comes to it.

But am looking to check the system from one end to the other before committing to it.

Nothing worse than doing the big job expensive only to find it was something relatively minor and cheap like a bad regulator.
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