Been paranoid about fuel pumps ever since they put them in the fuel tank, several GM vehicles would crank all day if the fuel pump pressure is even a couple of psi low, and the only cooling they get is by constantly recirculating the fuel, so been treating a quarter full tank as an empty one.
But kids were always running out of gas, with no fuel, no load on the pump, would draw very little current. With fuel injection, having a fuel pressure tester is a necessity if you don't want to get robbed blind by a dealer. Cruze pump runs at 45 psi, has a fitting on the injector manifold to hook up a tester to.
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In the underhood fuse/relay box, fuse #20 is for the fuel pump, relay # 8 is the fuel pump relay, about the first thing to check. Also switching from accessory to run with the ignition switch, fuel pump should run for two seconds, Cruze is quiet, so would have to remove the fuel cap to hear it with another person switching on the key.
Starting off with a dry tank, in many cases running the pump for just two seconds isn't enough, so what you can do is switch from accessory to run, count to two, switch it off and back on instantly, can do this ten times in a roll. Older GM vehicles used a real heavy duty relay, could pop off the cover and hold the relay contacts closed with your fingers. Have to put the Cruze fuel pump relay in the joke you got to be kidding class. But knowing the contacts of the relay, can make a jumper with a couple of 1/8th inch spade terminals to constantly run the pump.
If you already did a lot of cranking, should put on a battery charger or will have even more problems.
Hate in tank fuel pumps, reason why they stick them in there, made so cheap, need that gas for proper cooling, would have fun burning up a pump operating it dry on my work bench. Also with the Cruze, have to drop the tank to replace it, never a fun job, in particular if you just filled the tank with gas. With several vehicles, had to use an external pump to drain it finding the fuel pump line under the hood with several five gallon cans. This may take a couple of hours.
This is what the Cruze fuel pump looks like.
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Comes with both the fuel sender a fuel pressure regulator. Can you believe your dealer want 340 bucks for this piece of plastic? But 190 bucks is a more reasonable price and another reason why I refuse to use ethanol in my vehicles. One spring around five years ago, had to replace four in a roll, should learn how to control my language. Most shops want over a thousand bucks for this job and do very sloppy work. Seen enough of this over the years.
