If you own a fuel injected vehicle, have you had to replace your (in the gas tank) fuel pump in the last 2 years?
I'm asking this because everyone I know who owns a fuel injected vehicle has had this problem in the last year or two. The local mechanic said that 2/3 of his business is replacing those in the gas tank pumps, and the average cost is $600.
I have a 23 year old car with a carburetor and I've never replaced the mchanical fuel pump which is mounted on the engine block. If I needed to replace it, the pump costs $24, and takes a half hour or less to replace. (No gas tank removal).
At the same time, I have another vehicle, a newer pickup truck, with fuel injction, and an in tank electric pump, and I've replaced it 3 times in 4 years. In fact I finally cut an access panel (above th gas tank) in the truck bed, because I refused to drop the tank again. Each pump has cost around $120 just for the pump itself, and once the whole pump/float unit had to be replaced at a cost of $275.
They call this *PROGRESS*. I call it *GARBAGE*.
I'm just curious how many of you have had to replace yours? I think a class action lawsuit is in order against the manufacturers of the vehicles as well as the pump makers.
In the meantime, I'm looking for a manifold for my truck that will allow me to fit a carburetor in place of the fuel injection system, which by the way sucks more gas than the old carb engine.