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Today, in a shopping center parking lot, before I parked, the car died out of nowhere after running great the past 4 days.
4 Days ago, I completed swapping my dying stock 150k mile fuel pump with a Walbro 255. I cut an access hole in the trunk and observed a clean tank from what I could see. I covered it while it was open and cleaned the dust drom the cutting all around the tank before exposing the whole. Although I am not ruling out that dirt/dust got into the fuel and clogged the pump. I followed all directions, although glue was not supplied to seal the case the pump sits in, so that may have caused something as well. I found that one of the stock tubes that I was supposed to re-use had a whole in it, so I used a rubber fuel line which I was concerned would kink when the pump apparatis bent. This could also be the problem.
Money is very tight right now, which is why I bought the cheaper walbro instead of the $455 stock pump. I cannot even afford to tow it out of the lot whivh was helped pushed into a spot by a nice onlooker, my dad is going to drag me in the car with a towstrap back to my house. So I may have to swap back my old dying pump for my new dead pump....what a shame.
I'll give an update after I get it back to my house to see if it was installation error or just plain pump failure.
4 Days ago, I completed swapping my dying stock 150k mile fuel pump with a Walbro 255. I cut an access hole in the trunk and observed a clean tank from what I could see. I covered it while it was open and cleaned the dust drom the cutting all around the tank before exposing the whole. Although I am not ruling out that dirt/dust got into the fuel and clogged the pump. I followed all directions, although glue was not supplied to seal the case the pump sits in, so that may have caused something as well. I found that one of the stock tubes that I was supposed to re-use had a whole in it, so I used a rubber fuel line which I was concerned would kink when the pump apparatis bent. This could also be the problem.
Money is very tight right now, which is why I bought the cheaper walbro instead of the $455 stock pump. I cannot even afford to tow it out of the lot whivh was helped pushed into a spot by a nice onlooker, my dad is going to drag me in the car with a towstrap back to my house. So I may have to swap back my old dying pump for my new dead pump....what a shame.
I'll give an update after I get it back to my house to see if it was installation error or just plain pump failure.
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