Yummybud924

my fuel pump is dead wondering if a cheaper after market fuel pump would be okay. my fuel pump actually works again now but it died and I lightly tapped it and it's running again now.

anyways I can get a bosch locally for 170 plus taxes. but I've seen pumps on ebay delivered for 90 bucks. probably chinese parts.

anyone know if it is worth paying more for a bosch pump or are there cheaper alternatives.

thanks.

Sixline

I would stick with Bosch. If the original one lasted 25+ years a new one should too.

$145 with free shipping.
http://www.fcpeuro.com/products/pors...911-0580464021

Paulyy

This annoys me. cheap alternatives are never the answer. unless it's newer & better (proven)

Replace it with OEM.

With a cheap alternative, you'll never get the same results and it can cause other issues along the way

Justin S2

+1, why risk something so critical and replace it with a cheap aftermarket part?

Van

I've actually had good luck with a $100 pump from Rock Auto...

Dimi 944

2nd

Jfrahm

I put a Bosch fuel pump in my 4runner a few years ago and it was bad, I replaced it with a cheap pump from China that ran great for years until I sold the truck. The Bosch pump had a bad integral check valve. I am no longer particularly impressed with brand name parts, in some cases they are counterfeit or perhaps the same quality with more markup. When I replaced that 4runner I got another one and put in a new fuel pump from China straight away as preventative maintenance, that was 25K miles ago. No problems thus far. There are some really dodgy no-name parts out there but I think the better quality non name brand parts are equal to the brand names we are familiar with.

Sixline

Forgot about RockAuto. They have the OEM Bosch one for $125 plus shipping.

jej3

Bought my 928 S4 OEM Bosch Pump from Amazon for a mere $94.

It appears that Amazon has a OEM Bosch Pump for my 1987 924S for $86 (PRIME Price)

Yummybud924

I ended up just getting a bosch locally for 190 including taxes. I wanted to fix it asap.

weird thing is my current pump is running fine again after tapping it, but i'm sure it'll die again and I don't' want to be left stranded on the road.

mel_t_vin

Have you already replaced your old pump?

If so, did you check the condition of the wire terminals before R&R? Cleaning them certainly couldn't hurt. Any resistance in wiring [age, corrosion] can wreak havoc on electricals, including the fuel pump.

Jfrahm

Often pieces of the stator commutator start to chip off due to deep wear grooves and the chips jam up the pump. Reversing the pump for a second can sometimes get you home but at that point it's pretty unreliable.

Yummybud924

I replaced the pump and filter today. I didn't check the wiring it looked fine. i'm sure it's the fuel pump my mulimeter read over 12 volts at the terminals and the pump started to run when I hit it. also the pump was pretty noisy. guess it just died after 28 years.

i'm glad it broke in front of my house not in the middle of the highway. I drove 400 km to my parents house and it was fine.

Dash01

Save and disassemble the original pump. Might be fixable, for cheap.

admiralkhole

It's pretty difficult to disassemble it correctly and get the pump to seal back up. Mostly un-crimping and re-crimping the top, if you do it wrong it will leak, if ANY part of the aluminum is compromised it will leak. I have done 2 pumps and had them functioning properly but they started to weep up top. I bought a brand new eBay 944 pump for $50 and it worked fine. I upgraded to a walbro 255lph recently due to the demands of my v8, got it plus the install kit for about $130 brand new. With the low cost of new pumps it's just not worth it to try and rebuild.