[V8] Fuel Pump Longivity?

[Gunter Lorberg]

Well...I guess that I started the fuel pump thread on this occasion.  I posted the first email after noticing that the pump had become much more noisy than ever before....it was clearly very audible while sitting inside the car.  This first happened after a lengthier trip.  Since then, the pump has not made nearly as much noise (I have generally driven it on shorter trips)......perhaps the aging pump can handle shorter periods of operation--longer periods of operation may now be too taxing.  Otherwise, car runs well.
 
I am tempted to just wait on this a bit longer before I reach into the tank.  Besides, my other V8 needs plenty of work....among other things, I just found out the other day that my left rear brake caliper has seized up.....they really use excessive amounts of salt on the roads up here in Ontario.
Gunter


----- Original Message ----
From: "Korn, Bob" <Bob.Korn at Fike.com>
To: bhitzler at kpbsd.k12.ak.us; v8 at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:37:43 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Fuel Pump Longivity?

I just replaced mine, guessing about 190K,  still worked well, was noisey for last four years, more in hot weather, had a bad check valve and while I had it out out in new pump as well.
Not a bad job if you have the opportunity to run the fuel level down.  Picked up a Bosch on ebay for $170.
Bk


Regards,
Bob Korn
Director  of Sales
Pressure Relief & Explosion Venting      
Fike Corporation
Cell: 816-547-3689
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----- Original Message -----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com <v8-bounces at audifans.com>
To: v8 at audifans.com <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tue Apr 22 12:30:44 2008
Subject: [V8] Fuel Pump Longivity?

The fuel pump failure thread got me  wondering; what's the longest a
fuel pump has lasted in one our V8's? My 1990 has 165,000 on the
original pump. I'm hoping that posting this thread doesn't jinx my pump,
it's been working flawlessly. A couple of years ago another lister
brought up how he used Marvel Mystery Oil in his gas tank. About 4
ounces per 20 gallons of gas does make the fuel pump run more quietly.
I was considering swapping in a new pump this summer as a preventative
measure but now I'm curious about others experiences with this. Thanks,
William 

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