A fuel pump power control module is the electronics that switch pump power, so the purchase order keeps that name when the year sheet is naming that box. The in-tank hardware and the pump motor are different lines. The sections below separate those three devices, then show the one electric pump that can be named after the sheet has already moved to the pump.
What the Printed Line Is Naming
The printed power-control name points at the electronics that switch pump power. It does not point at the motor in the tank.
Shops and catalogs use several labels for that box. A commercial explainer lists fuel pump driver module, fuel pump power control module, and fuel pump control unit as names for the electronic controller, and it separates that controller from the assembly in the tank.
The engine controller decides how the pump should run. The box carries that decision out by switching the pump’s power.
Counters feel the mix-up when a shop writes “control module” and the catalog search returns a pump. The order should follow the noun on the year sheet, not the nearest pump photo.
Three Hardware Names on One Fuel Job
One 2009 Saturn Vue service description keeps three headings apart: the fuel pump flow control module, the primary fuel tank module, and the fuel pump. That split is the useful pattern on other trucks as well, because the three headings are different hardware.
The flow-control module on that page is a serviceable network module. The engine control module sends it the desired fuel pressure, and the module controls the pump that sits inside the tank. A diagnosis page for the same truck says the module closes the pump’s ground switch and feeds a varying voltage to the tank pump module.
On that description the primary fuel tank module holds the reservoir, jet pumps, strainer, and filter, and the electric pump is mounted in the reservoir.
Tank parts sit apart from the electronics box on the frame or under the vehicle.
| Name on the year sheet | Device it is pointing at | What the order should say |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel pump power control module, flow-control module, or driver module | Electronics that switch or modulate pump power | The electronics box, under the name the sheet printed |
| In-tank fuel pump module or tank module | Hardware in the tank that can include the pump, strainer, and sender | The tank module, not the electronics box |
| Fuel pump, pump motor, or electric pump | The motor that moves the fuel | The pump, and only the pump |
Important: The Armada and QX80 campaign file places those trucks under a control/drive-module component bucket, while the problem sentence says the impeller can swell and bind inside the fuel pump module (NHTSA campaign file).
Read the problem sentence before you copy the bucket onto a purchase order. A category that says “control” can still be talking about the pump module’s impeller. The remedy line on that file replaces the fuel pump module.
Power-Control Electronics versus the Tank Hardware
The in-tank fuel pump module is the tank assembly, and some writers use the bare word “module” for that assembly. A Mercedes technical article says so in plain language: in that article, fuel pump module means the assembly in the tank, and a fuel pump control module is a separate unit on some models.
Community speech makes the same fork. On a MechanicAdvice thread, one reply says some trucks have a driver module that is basically a small computer for the pump, and other vehicles call the whole fuel pump assembly a fuel pump module. A buyer on that thread could not find a part sold under the shop’s exact words.
So the counter asks a narrower question than “module or not.” If the sheet says power control, flow control, or driver, stay on the electronics. If the sheet says the in-tank module, the sender assembly, or the tank unit, stay on the hardware in the tank. Mixing those two lines is how a pump assembly gets ordered for a computer, or a computer gets ordered for a hanger in the tank.
Driver and Flow-Control Labels on the Same Box
Fuel pump driver module and fuel pump flow control module are labels for the electronics rather than a second pump hiding under a new noun. ASE composite-vehicle training lists the control module and the fuel pump assembly as separate pieces, and it describes the module as the part that varies voltage to the pump after the engine controller enables it.
Training percentages and any one-truck current limit stay off the purchase order. They describe a book. Copying them onto an unrelated VIN would invent a spec this catalog does not publish.
The plug in the photo is the end of a pump motor, two pins on the pump itself. Treat it as the pump’s own connector, and leave driver-module connector evidence to the connector article linked below.
The Pump Motor after the Sheet Moves On
The fuel pump motor is the electric unit that moves fuel, and the order names it only after the sheet has left the electronics. Encyclopedia wording treats that in-tank electric pump as the part that carries fuel from the tank toward the engine on port-injection systems. It never defines a power-control module, which is a useful reminder that the motor and the box are not the same entry.
Buyers already argue this split in ordinary language. One thread asks whether the job can be the pump alone or must be the full fuel pump module, because the module costs more and the pump is the part in stock. That question only makes sense once someone has decided the failed hardware is the pump or the tank assembly, not the switching electronics.
Look for verbs on the sheet. “Control,” “driver,” and “flow control” keep the line on the electronics.
“Pump,” “motor,” “element,” or a tank-module title moves the line onto hardware. If the sheet still says power-control module, leave the pump SKU off the line even when the symptoms sounded like a dead pump. Symptom sorting lives on the failure article.
Which Electric Pump Fits the Printed Window
The kit on this page is an electric gasoline pump for a printed 1987-1995 C/K window, not the electronics box. Use it after the year sheet has already named the pump, and the years, cab, and OE numbers on that sheet sit inside the title below.
Electric gasoline fuel pump with installation kit is sold as KS-360501. The title carries 1987-1995 C/K 1500, 2500, and 3500, with OE numbers 25168719 and E3902. The same page lists working voltage as DC 12V, flow as 43.3-49.5 Gph, and a 2-pin main connector.
Maximum Air Pressure 12-26 on that page is an air label, so it stays off fuel-pressure comparisons and off module paperwork.
| Printed item on KS-360501 | What the product page says | What that item is not |
|---|---|---|
| Part name | Electric fuel pump with installation kit | A power-control module, driver module, or flow-control module |
| Years and OE numbers | 1987-1995 C/K, 25168719, E3902 | A fitment proof for a later truck’s control box |
| Electrical and flow lines | DC 12V, 43.3-49.5 Gph, 2 pins | A module pinout or a module current rating |
| Maximum Air Pressure 12-26 | An air label on the pump page | Outside fuel pressure, and outside any module spec |
Other pump jobs stay on the catalog root. That category is a navigation path. It does not prove that some other listing is a control module.
The factory overview page is a manufacturing introduction. It stays out of the fitment evidence here.
If the sheet still names the power-control module, leave KS-360501 off the line. Kangsong does not publish a power-control-module part number on this kit, and none is invented here.
How the Order Line Should Read
Copy the device the sheet is actually naming. When the line says fuel pump power control module, fuel pump driver module, or fuel pump flow control module, the order names that electronics box.
When the line says the in-tank fuel pump module, the order names the tank hardware. When the line says the pump or the pump motor, and the printed window matches, the order can name the pump.
A short write-up is enough for the next person who touches the order:
- Sheet noun, copied as printed
- Which of the three devices that noun is (electronics, tank module, or pump motor)
- Year, model, and any OE number that is actually on the sheet
- If the device is the pump and the window is 1987-1995 C/K with 25168719 or E3902, the KS-360501 kit
Sibling pages already cover the next questions, so this page does not retell them. Failure sorting is on fuel pump control module failure. The plug itself is on fuel pump driver module connector.
The open-circuit code is on P025A fuel pump module control circuit. Relay hardware is on the relay article and fuel pump relay clicking. Causes of a bad pump module are on what causes a fuel pump module to go bad.
FAQ
Is a fuel pump power control module the same hardware as the in-tank pump?
No. The power-control name belongs to the electronics that switch pump power. The in-tank fuel pump module is the tank hardware, which may hold the pump, the strainer, and the sender.
What other names show up for the electronics box?
Fuel pump flow control module and fuel pump driver module show up on service and training pages for that electronics box. A community reply also calls it a small computer that changes pump speed, and warns that other vehicles use “fuel pump module” for the whole assembly.
Why can a recall category say control module while the defect is the pump impeller?
That campaign file places the component under control/drive module, and the problem text says the impeller can swell inside the fuel pump module. The bucket and the failed part are different sentences, so the order follows the problem sentence.
When should the purchase order name the pump motor instead?
Name the fuel pump motor when the sheet has already moved from the electronics to the pump, the motor, or the element. A buyer asking for “pump only” versus “the full module” is already in that hardware conversation.
Does the C/K electric pump kit replace a power-control module?
No. KS-360501 is the electric gasoline pump with the installation kit for the printed 1987-1995 C/K window, OE 25168719 and E3902. It does not stand in for the electronics box.
Where do relay, connector, and failure questions belong?
They belong on the sibling pages linked above: failure sorting, the driver-module connector, the P025A circuit, relay behavior, and causes of a bad pump module. This page only decides which device the year sheet is naming.
