Hi all, I have a 1988 Escort XR3i that has a fuel problem, fuel pump gets noisy and starts spluttering/cutting out, I have just replaced the pump with a new genuine Bosch one and fitted a new petrol tank and fuel filter but its still doing it, any ideas?

 

Check the voltage. And take a look at the pump relay - probably melting.
Take the opportunity to rewire for full battery voltage (Use the original relay/setup as the trigger)

 

Update
Put 10 more litres in the new tank, charged my battery over night as it wasn’t turning over well due to standing a few months in the garage, fired straight up, left running in the drive for ten minutes then took a drive out in it and touch wood was perfect

 

How silly of me to have assumed you had fuel in the tank when having this problem

Anyway, glad its sorted

 

There was only 10 litres in it now there 20 lol

 

Wrong fuel tank? MFI cars MUST have a big reservoir inside!