I was having issues with the fuel tank sender on my 1989 Chevy plow truck, and let the step-son of a coworker work on it. The kid had just graduated from mechanic's school and was working for a little, independent shop where he made more for work he brought in. I knew how rusty the tank was going to be and figured he could use the work. "While you have the bed off/tank open, let's replace the original fuel pump".
Well, he managed to cross the lines for the fuel return and the tank vent somehow. With fairly light use I did not notice right away, but as soon as I needed to plow snow, the truck didn't want to run right. Then the exhaust let loose, so I figured that was causing the misfire. I took the truck to my muffler guy, and when we pulled it onto his hoist, we could not shut the engine off! It was dieseling along on its own, ignition off, keys out, even unplugged the TBI injector, still chugging along. We had to smother it like those runaway Detroit diesel videos. Turns out, the charcoal canister was filling up with fuel, which then was being sucked directly into the intake manifold supplying the engine enough fuel to keep firing. I ended up taking it to another local shop for diagnosis and repair, and on the second attempt, they figured it all out. Should have just kept track of the miles to track fuel tank level.
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