I know about the nice fass and airdog units, but i have a customer who is sick of breaking down on long trips (twice now) with lousy stock replacement fuel pumps. The truck is a stock 01 HO, and I want to offer a good reliable unit for him. I see the seperator units are more involved to install, labor time is more money, so how does just the fass 95 fuel pump with stock filter work? Even in the frieghtliners isb ive changed way to many pumps that have been done less than a year before. Also, not too interested in the dodge in tank version either. Thanks a lot!

 

Look at a MITUSA pump from Opie. About as simple as it gets.

You may have heard of the Fuel Boss by GDP - apparently it is a knock of from the MITUSA.

Before I decided on the MITUSA I looked and researched both systems. The MITUSA is by far, hands down, much easier to install. It is a 100% mechanical system, no electronics to fail (if that is a concern for you).

It is a belt driven pump run off of the crank. See pics of my install here:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ghlight=mitusa

 

I have the FASS HPFP 95 and it works great. Good fuel pressure, can be installed in an hour or two.

I use the stock fuel filter and the FASS comes with a metal inline filter that installs in the line from the tank. The metal filter is a NAPA gold, so they shouldn't be to hard to find. The pumps are a lot quieter than they used to be.

 

I've got a BD pump mounts on the frame rail,deletes the factory lift pump but uses the stock filter,easy install,took about an hour,I think i'ts 130gph not sure though,got it from summit

 

Mount the stock pump down by the tank and be done with it. Takes about 15 minutes to change if it does puke. Mine has been there for 50,000+ miles and still puts out 14 psi at idle, 12 wide open.

You can find the pump anywhere and they are cheap enough to carry a spare under the seat.

Yes, there are bigger and better pumps out there (FASS & AirDog) but why drop the coin if you don't have to. I've run stock Carter pumps since day one and will just keep on doing it.

Jeff

 

I'm proud to know you're getting good service with your Carter Homestead,...I thought I was the only one....lol

 

If it isn't broke, why fix it....maybe move it to where it should be.....but why fix it!

Jeff

 

I installed the Airtex pump 2 years ago. So far so good... 17 psi at idle and never below about 12 psi at WOT.

http://www.airtexproducts.com/TSB/TSB-0407-01.pdf

I don't remember the price but it was way less than any of the "high performance" replacements.

 

So how much is the stock pump that goes by the tank? It would be have to be cheap to be able to carry a spare. Where do you get it NAPA?

 

Mine was $190 at NAPA two years ago, and most diesel performance sites carry the relocation kit. The relocation kit maintains a better PSI than the engine mounted ones. Better to push than pull

 

Its a stock pump (or otherwise) relocated to the framerail -

http://www.vulcanperformance.com/Dra...p/vpps9804.htm

 

After going through Carters in a hurry, I switched to an Airtex for $150 and get better fuel pressure (20psi idle) and no failures yet. I bought from Pensacola Diesel.

 

About that, if I mounted a new stock pump to the frame rail and left the oem in place and hooked up, would that hurt anything? I mean would fuel still pass through the stock unit or would it create an airlock between the two. I assume that the stock would have less labour on it with another pump pushing to it.

 

These are vane pumps. If one pump fails, it'll block the flow of the other pump.