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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:15 am 
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ive owned my EF Fairmont aabout 4 years.. and im on the verge of having installed its 4th fuel pump.. -All times done at either the Ford dealer or the local Caltex.. Ive toataled 140,000km in four years.. is three fuel pump failures too much? -nearly to be soon be running its fourth "New fuel pump".. i get the tank cleaned out every time and a new pump installed but its allways the same crap.. -"dirty fuel blocking/clogging the pump".. I only fuel up at "Woolworths and coles fuel stations using "Premium 98 octane fuel".. is there anything apart from the stock pump i can install thet slots into the origanal position of the stock pump? -say a heavier duty one? are EL and AU fuel pumps the same? Can they be retro fitted? PS- i never fuel up when a tanker is off loading fuel to by the way.. :wink: any ideas would be helpful as im at "My wits end" of my cars unnateral appetite for fuel pumps.. cheers..
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:00 pm 
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have you thought about an in line filter between tank and pump a good won not s**t and bingo problem solved lol then you can pull it out every week and clean it no more pump failures woohoo

 

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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:24 pm 
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try not going to those servos try bp or mobiles
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:56 pm 
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Get a Walbro 255gph pump. I have mine in the 5.0 for over 100000k and no problems at all. And why pay someone to fit it, do it yourself, its a pieice of piss
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:13 pm 
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Get a Walbro 255gph pump. I have mine in the 5.0 for over 100000k and no problems at all. And why pay someone to fit it, do it yourself, its a pieice of piss
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in what part of the system is the walbro fuel pump situated in your ride terrorist ghia? in the stock location? or an inline pump under the car??
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:29 pm 
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rofl i did my first fuel pump in my car when it about 250k , but as brettt said Get a Walbro 255gph pump.
from memory it goes into the tank , factory replacement

 

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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:34 pm 
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Hmm good s**t, im in the hunt for a new fuel pump as we speak...

Are the Walbro 255gph pumps much better than the stock ones? And what sort of advantages you get? Just more reliable?

 

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