Reichert
11-20-2018, 11:35 AM
In the spirit of logging work on my car here in the forums for it's future owner ...
Yesterday I finished replacing the fuel pumps, hoses, clamps, and Y-adapter with Carter's machined aluminum version. This was preventative maintenance - no indication of trouble, but as it's a common area of wear and failure I went ahead and preemptively refreshed everything. Also, it was not that difficult and fairly inexpensive. Car has 23.5k miles.
Parts list:
2 x Airtex E3240 fuel pump (https://www.rockauto.com/?carcode=1041275&parttype=6256)
2 x Airtex FS1 strainer (https://www.rockauto.com/?carcode=1041275&parttype=6212)
1 x Sending unit gasket
(https://www.rockauto.com/?carcode=1041275&parttype=11237)
1' Gates 27097 3/8" Submersible Fuel Line Hose (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R5XX56)
1' Gates 27093 5/16" Submersible Fuel Line Hose (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R5XSGU)
2x 3/8" fuel hose clamp (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040CU0JA)
4x 5/16" fuel hose clamp (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073X2W399)
Upon inspection, it was obvious the pumps had never been removed before. Nevertheless, the fuel tank was clean, the plastic Y-adapter was in good shape and not cracked, and the only sign of trouble was a small tear in one of the pump strainers.
Replacement was straightforward. I simplified the hose routing for the pumps to eliminate bends that were impossible to duplicate - seems like the factory hoses were shaped a specific way but trying to duplicate the bends with a straight hose would cause a little creasing.
Here's the final reassembly:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AuM9YUs_ahaQANuGlk0p0z2L3F7XXtDKb4BVcjNoKZDGb-hYOtQ84h5tL2NLOlM-sDntDsDRjp0X5oWxA-26qn1CUaeF3noYeBkWT1r_u7N7syRX7qCFuIalY_R-STYZqDfz_qchEg=w676-h901-no
[Update 12/11/18] I had to pull the assembly again because fuel pressure was dropping abruptly after the key-on 2 second pump run. I did not clamp the hoses in the assembly tight enough; in fact I used the wrong size clamps on the 5/16" hoses. Corrected and re-tested.
Yesterday I finished replacing the fuel pumps, hoses, clamps, and Y-adapter with Carter's machined aluminum version. This was preventative maintenance - no indication of trouble, but as it's a common area of wear and failure I went ahead and preemptively refreshed everything. Also, it was not that difficult and fairly inexpensive. Car has 23.5k miles.
Parts list:
2 x Airtex E3240 fuel pump (https://www.rockauto.com/?carcode=1041275&parttype=6256)
2 x Airtex FS1 strainer (https://www.rockauto.com/?carcode=1041275&parttype=6212)
1 x Sending unit gasket
(https://www.rockauto.com/?carcode=1041275&parttype=11237)
1' Gates 27097 3/8" Submersible Fuel Line Hose (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R5XX56)
1' Gates 27093 5/16" Submersible Fuel Line Hose (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R5XSGU)
2x 3/8" fuel hose clamp (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040CU0JA)
4x 5/16" fuel hose clamp (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073X2W399)
Upon inspection, it was obvious the pumps had never been removed before. Nevertheless, the fuel tank was clean, the plastic Y-adapter was in good shape and not cracked, and the only sign of trouble was a small tear in one of the pump strainers.
Replacement was straightforward. I simplified the hose routing for the pumps to eliminate bends that were impossible to duplicate - seems like the factory hoses were shaped a specific way but trying to duplicate the bends with a straight hose would cause a little creasing.
Here's the final reassembly:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AuM9YUs_ahaQANuGlk0p0z2L3F7XXtDKb4BVcjNoKZDGb-hYOtQ84h5tL2NLOlM-sDntDsDRjp0X5oWxA-26qn1CUaeF3noYeBkWT1r_u7N7syRX7qCFuIalY_R-STYZqDfz_qchEg=w676-h901-no
[Update 12/11/18] I had to pull the assembly again because fuel pressure was dropping abruptly after the key-on 2 second pump run. I did not clamp the hoses in the assembly tight enough; in fact I used the wrong size clamps on the 5/16" hoses. Corrected and re-tested.