electric fuel pump brands?

[duststang]

I am going to replace my fuel high and low pressure fuel pumps on my 5.7GSI FPCBYC. I was searching the internet and found a few different brands at different prices. I was wondering if anyone might have any experience with any of these. I would like to save money but not if it is going to cause issues later. I found Teleflex $99, Airtex/Carter $105, Serria $145 or OMC/Volvo $180 each. I was thinking about purchasing the Teleflex or Carter to save about $80 over the Serria what do you guys think? Are these good brands?

 

[JoLin]

Re: electric fuel pump brands?

I know it's a little off topic, but... why would you replace both pumps? If you have a fuel pump issue on an injected V-P it's either the high pressure pump or the low pressure pump. Not both at the same time.

Once you start using aftermarket parts it's a crap shoot. Nobody can tell you definitively that one off brand is better than another off brand.

 

[duststang]

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I was told that you should replace both? my high press is whining and was told that it could be bad or the low pressure might be the issue? I was just wondering if anyone has used one of these with no issues?

 

[duststang]

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I purchased Airtex E8266 high press $75 Amazon and Airtex E8264 low press $83. It appears that Airtex is manufactured by Carter? I am still wondering if they are reliable but cannot find any reviews, we shall see. $160 seems soooo more realistic than $400. hope to install them today or tomorrow.

 

[JoLin]

Re: electric fuel pump brands?

The most common reason for a V-P electric pump to whine is that it's sucking air along with the fuel. Get yourself a V-P troubleshooting guide unless you just like replacing parts. There's absolutely no reason to replace both pumps if one is faulty, and you haven't confirmed that either is bad yet.

If I was going to just start replacing parts, I'd start with the low pressure pump. Those seem to have more issues than the high.

 

[frantically relaxing]

Re: electric fuel pump brands?

Nothing wrong with my high pressure pump but it whines like hell. The original owner said it always whined, and has been noisy all 3 seasons I've owned it.

As for aftermarket pumps, hard to go wrong with Carter, it's the same Carter that's been building carbs for 1000 years...