walbro fuel pumps ????????

[fastfox91]

so heres my ?. i have 2 walbro gsl 392 inline fuel pumps, both have gone bad in a week or atleast that seems to be the case. both of these pumps run but neither will actually create pressure, has anyone else had this happen. i just bought 2 new ones and im really hoping this doesnt happen to theses as well, i have a aeromotive sumped tank -10 fiter to a y to the pumps the y back to -10 any info on why this is happening would be apperciated i dont know if something is wrong or just bad luck.

[Martin0660]

A few random thoughts:

Are you SURE you have / are getting Walboro pumps? There are a LOT of knock=offs out there now, even with the logo I've heard.

Have you talked to the supplier? They should be able to back track with Walboro if they had a lot issue / problem, and should stand behind them if so, Walboro is a solid company in that way.

For sure electric pumps will fail that they run, but not create pressure. That's a pretty typical failure mode.

If you cant blame it on a crap supplier, bad lot, or something like that, I would be worried that you pick-up, filters, or something is causing the issue. Electric pumps are real good at making pressure, but DO NOT like to suck. Anything poor on the suction side will cause issues.

Like i said, random thoughts.

Bob Myers

[fastfox91]

yea as far as i can see they are walbro pumps they do say right on them anyway cant really tell other wise, as for the supply to the pumps its out of a sump so its basically gravity feeding them

[phillysrt4]

yea as far as i can see they are walbro pumps they do say right on them

that, apparently, means nothing...

http://www.fuel-pumps.net/walbro-forgeries.html

cliffs:

Chineses knock-off company goes to fuel-pumps.net offering to make walbro knockoffs at cheap prices, including the following piece of scumbaggery:

We just made GSS342 walbro printing pump for the moment, it's engraving printing on the body, it's exact same as Walbro. I will send u close pictures tomorrow. If u need GSS340/341 engraving, pls send me one sample, we can do that for you. Furthermore, pls confirm the pricing is:$**.**/pc. Since we need some risk funds, in case our local government found us making this pump, we can pay some money to solve this matter. Hope you can understand.

So make sure you bought from an authorized source.

autoperformanceengineering.com does offer a rebuild kit i think.

[fastfox91]

heres were i just bought 2 more from http://stores.ebay.com/Full-Throttle-Speed
they look legit, the ones i had that went bad were used but seem to be in good shape prior to this

[phillysrt4]

im kinda jammed up at work right now, but in looking at their listing for an SRT4 fuel pump kit, a few things I noticed:

1) Their english is good, in that there are characteristic mistakes that are made by people who took chinese ESL classes none of which are in this ad.

2) their phone number isn't a cell phone number

It appears legit. You might have simply been unlucky in your used fuel pumps.

[fastfox91]

i couldnt find the rebuild kits on there do u know were about that was

[phillysrt4]

they were at http://www.autoperformanceengineering.com/

see post 4 in this thread

if i misspelled it, a yahoo search for "walbro fuel pumps" will list them as the 3rd or 4th listing I think.

[Martin0660]

Philly - Thanks for the link on the Walboro fiasco, man that made it around the net a lot, but that is what I was refering to with the knockoffs.

I buy all of my Walboro from Ron at APE as was linked as well, Good price, great service, for sure the real deal, and he will warranty the stuff. (Although i've never had to).

I know eBay is loaded with the knock-off, he is right aobut their ad passing the first few tests, but who knows.

Bob Myers