Overheating Fuel Pump?

[Joe R]

1998 GTP : Today I was driving around nothing too hardcore and at one point I ended up at a Train crossing the tracks.. instead of waiting with the engine running I shut off the car (Hello gas is about $4.50!) and about 5-10 mins later when I went to start the car It began to turn over but died out before it completely started running.. after pushing the car a block to get out of traffic I tried again this time the care started (Foot Lightly on the gas) but not very well.. stumbling and struggling. when I take my foot off the gas it died. I figured it was the fuel pump since it was getting close to running.. so I called a tow co. Waited 30 mins and 2 seconds before they arrived I figured for giggles-n-grins I would give it another try and she fired right up! My thoughts are that my fuel pump is on it's way out OR maybe somehow (Even with a full tank of gas) it just overheated and needed to cool down? Does ANY of this make sense? Am I New? I dont want to spend money that I dont have to..but I am also nervous at the idea of trying to get to work or anywhere and have it PERMANENTLY happen again.. all help is appreciated and any comments are welcome.. Thanks

[FoSHO99]

It's a common issue, i would at least do rewire and be searching for a used canister or a new pump.

[taman86]

Does someone have a diagram of where the canister is?

[FoSHO99]

If you pull up the carpet in the trunk as you are sitting in the rear seat of the car with the rear seats out or down, about 6-10" from the backseat there is an access panel, take that off and you can see the top of the canister.

[Joe R]

So here is a noob response ...what do we mean by "canister"?

[taman86]

ohh gotcha

[KeithGTP03]

So here is a noob response ...what do we mean by "canister"?

I believe theyre talkin bout the EVAP canister.

[Couch]

Does someone have a diagram of where the canister is?

i posted one somewhere on these forums already, anyways here it is again. number 10 is the canister.

[FoSHO99]

Sorry, i call it a canister but it's actually referred to as a fuel pump module. But that just sounds gay calling it that. It would be #8 on the pic. It looks like these when it comes out and the fuel pump sits in it. This should have nothing to do with evap.

w body fuel pump module - Google Search

[Joe R]

So even after being able to drive around for a week or two the car has done it again..so I will probably be buying a new high flow pump from TREperformance (Anybody got an opinion on that?) also just to clarify there should be an access panel under the carpet in the trunk? I wont have to dropthe tank down? Cause that would be a major pain in the arse!