[V8] road trip

[Kneale Brownson]

I've been driving the last 40-50K miles on my 200q20v with an
intermittently noisy pump.  It always hums, but sometimes it snarles.  It
started doing that shortly after I installed it when the previous pump
plain died.  I now never leave town without a tookbag and a little box that
contains a new pump, the pump extraction tool and the brass drift/hammer I
use to take the ring off the top of the tank opening.  Oh, yeah, I also
carry a siphon device.  That car turned over 250K during our trip to
Montana last spring to close out the ski season.


At 09:55 AM 8/16/2006 -0600, dsaad at icehouse.net wrote:
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>
>Just got back from yet another Northwest Tour. We took the Explorer - like we
>usually do because it has lots of room and is really quite nice to travel in
>(1998 EB model) but the mileage just sucks. Usually I am pulling a trailer but
>this time I did not, and still only got around 18 MPG average (70-80 MPH 
>most of
>the time). Not good at $3.10 a gallon. I would have taken the V8 but I am 
>afraid
>of the fuel pump. I have around 150K miles on it and it has given no sign or
>failing but if it did I would really be hosed. So - when do these things 
>usually
>fail, and what is the best replacement pump?
>
>This is the main thing that makes me hesitate to take it on a long trip.
>