[T2] What electric fuel pump?

[John Anderson]

My problem with the Facet style pumps is their long term reliability in periodically used vehicles.  I've had some of them in service that had to be 20+ years old, but have had them fail in little used vehicles (or as replacements to the no more reliable $140 Facet that comes in ONAN generators) in as little as a year or two.  Very much YMMV on them, might sit in a bus for 10 years and fire fine, might sit 3 months and have no fuel.  Autozone and Advance both sell rotary pumps for the same $45 or so that the Facet's go for, and generally I've had better luck with them.  I do think a Facet would keep up fine with dual single barrel's I'm not so sure as John mentions with a sizeable dual, double barrel setup, one would need to check the flow ratings carefully.
 
I still buy the Facet occasionally though, as the last one I bought from NAPA for $55 (AK markup) was multifuel rated and I bought it for a lift pump in my Bobcat as anything else so rated would have set me back $90-100.
 
Anyway, just my random thoughts.
 
John
 

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 From: John Kolak <jkolak at gmail.com>
To: Squid <sydclarke at shaw.ca> 
Cc: t2 <type2 at type2.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [T2] What electric fuel pump?
  

I always have good luck with the Faucet, available Napa branded for $40, as
well as other suppliers like EMPI and other FLAPS. Some report high-end
drop off. If you are pushing it that hard, a rotary pump from the high-end
VW suppliers like Chirco is recommended at $90.