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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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I always hear it but how many of the 3rd gen owners who have installed the walboro 255 lph fuel pump failed on them. How long did it last and what do you think is the reason it failed? was it poor quality or something else?
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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I've heard many stories about Walbro pumps, but I had a 255 in my TII back in the day that worked GREAT for MANY years - matter of fact I think it's still going for the current owner of that car.

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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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Mine has been fine for 6 months....
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:21 PM
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fine for 3 months and still working good
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 03:15 PM
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mines been in 2 1/2 years and still going
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 03:59 PM
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time frame and an FD owner...Had mine in for 1 1/2 years, but the car was down for 6 months, LOL.

I've had a Walbro pump in for ~9k miles. It sees pressures as high as 55psi. No problems here.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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ive had mine for a little over 2 months, works fine, i think they are great pumps, we should se how many people who have had the supra tt pump fail on them, or other pumps for that matter.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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I've got almost 10K and two years on mine. It's working great so far.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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2 FC's and one sr20 240sx

all fine and all still going (over a year)
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 06:27 PM
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I've "never" heard of them failing, only people repeating rumors of hearing other people saying that they've heard from other people that read about stories of other people repeating what they've heard of failures.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 07:55 PM
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I've "never" heard of them failing, only people repeating rumors of hearing other people saying that they've heard from other people that read about stories of other people repeating what they've heard of failures.
Ditto. I've had one in my TII for a year now, still running strong. To SevenStock and back.....driven about 4 days a week....not a single problem. When my FD needs a new pump, I'll be using a Walbro.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 11:58 PM
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Nobody have posted any bad experience with their FDs so far. It seems to me the walboro failed stories are just a myth. Everytime its always i heard it happen to someone or a friend. Is anyone out there that can prove that this is not a myth, at least for FDs. I know its not a super pump and it is subject to same mechanical abuse and wear as any other fuel pumps out there in the market. I don't expect it to last for decades but a reasonable amount of time, 5 to 7 years maybe. Lets clear up this belief that Walboro is/not a dependable fuel pump once and for all.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 11:59 PM
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I've had my Walbro for almost 2 years... maybe I'll get around to installing it one day
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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I've never heard of them failling....

However, I used to have a Bosche fuel pump and that thing failed on me after 50,000 miles
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 09:39 PM
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taking everyone's post about the walboro. I think the walboro is fit for my rx7. I will hence forth install the walboro. Let the gas start flowing.....
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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So is this walbro pump an upgrade or an equal to a stock pump? If so, how much ho can it handle? is it better to get a supra fuel pump?
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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The Walbro is a 255 ltr/hr pump. The Supra pump, AKA the Nippondenso pump is good too. I think there was actually a thread comparing the 2 pumps a while back. Search for it.
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by HDP
I've had my Walbro for almost 2 years... maybe I'll get around to installing it one day
LOL Dork. Maybe you should get around to a rebuild first

Oh, and I've had my Supra TT aka Denso pump for over a year now... on my desk LOL
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:02 AM
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had my walbro for over a year and im very happy with it.. thats the last thing i expect to fail on my car.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 03:26 AM
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LOL Dork. Maybe you should get around to a rebuild first

Oh, and I've had my Supra TT aka Denso pump for over a year now... on my desk LOL
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 08:43 AM
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LOL Dork. Maybe you should get around to a rebuild first

Well, that's the next thing on my list to do...
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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FOUR years here with no issues. I just added a second one!
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 02:36 PM
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No problems with my walbro pump after 2 years of use so far.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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How would you guys know that nothing is wrong with your pumps unless you have a fuel pressure guage??
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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alright.. i just had 2 walbro start to die on me the past 2 weeks

well..... for 2 months i didnt realize taht my strainers(socks) on the 2 walbro pumps were getting clogged by the premix i was using. until i replaced the socks, then i drove the car for the next 4 months....

when steve kan came to tune my car i was losing fuel pressure at boost, so.... we assumed that they were the pumps causing it, since different injector duty still changed the afrs. so i replaced them today, and the 2 pumps wont let me go lower than 45psi... so i know that they're running good.
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