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I know I am opening Pandora's box here but who makes the best fuel pumps. I know Bosh is OEM, but I've been looking at a Delphi unit. I know they are OEM for other car makers... So what do you think? I haven't decided if I am going to replace the whole unit (most likely) or just the pump. System is at 25 PSI and holds once engine is turned off.
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Your pressure gauge must be broke, I've never seen a 97+ run at low pressure.
Spec's for your rig are 49 +/- 5 psi.
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Your pressure gauge must be broke, I've never seen a 97+ run at low pressure.
Spec's for your rig are 49 +/- 5 psi.
It does not run well, actually thought I had leaky injectors because it acted like it was flooded. I now know it was starving.
Wifes jeep shows 48 PSI so its not far off.
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I would buy the pump that has a good warranty......
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I've been buying Precision pumps. I've not had any problems.

Supposedly today's Delphi is not the same one it was years ago. Apparently they got bought and stripped by another corporation.
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Originally Posted by sumax
I know I am opening Pandora's box here but who makes the best fuel pumps. I know Bosh is OEM,
I believe the other OEM supplier was Walbro.
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My 99 reads 51 psi. on it and as far as I know is the original one.
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Bosch and Carter are good pumps.
Airtex is something to avoid.
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Airtex was also bought out by another manufacturer several years ago. Their quality is better now, so I have heard.

Unless you happen to get one of the old units that has been sitting on the shelf for 3 years or sold. Then it can kind of be a crapshoot.

O'Reilly's claims that all of the old part numbers are gone now. They say the leftovers were called back in and fixed or destroyed.
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Very rare for a company to be bought out and have quality actually go up. Usually happens the other way around.
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Any body delt with CarID? they have the Bosh assembly listed for about $189. I've never heard of them though..
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Any body delt with CarID? they have the Bosh assembly listed for about $189. I've never heard of them though..
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That's a good price for a Bosch pump IIRC.
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The warranty period should be an indicator of the quality of the pump......
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They are all pretty much at 1 year.
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Originally Posted by steelybill
The warranty period should be an indicator of the quality of the pump......
Live by this moto and you'll be changing the same parts for a long while...lifetime warranty usually means a lifetime of replacing it.
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