My truck has 84,000 miles. I'm still using the original lift pump and it still works great.I know I will have to replace it eventually.My truck is stock and probably will stay that way.My question is this..is there a good reliable pump out there that doesn't cost tons of bucks? Don't think I should need to spend 400 to 500 bucks. Isn't there something reliable( by that I mean that will last for 50 to 100,000 miles) out there?

 

If you still have the stock filter mounted pump, it would be really easy to install a walbro and run it through the stock filter. I went with a FASS but they are a bit more $$.

 

If you want to save some bucks and play it safe then think about the following. Add a holley blue near the tank and before the stock pump. Add a relay using the stock pump wire as a trigger. Next step is to carry a pump adapter with you so that if the stock pump quit just remove the stock pump and install the adapter and the Holley can do the job by itself. If the Holley failed just replace the holley with a piece of fuel hose.

A step up would be to use a Walbro instead of the holley. With the Walbro you need a pressure regulator Tee into the return fuel line.

 

Walbro......easiest and most cost effective by far. Even if it were to go out, you could get some sort of fuel pump at about any parts stor to go in there for a short time. Try finding something at an AutoZone or NAPA to replace a FASS or Airdog os some other complete unit. They may be great pump setups, but I tend to be in the wrong places with no parts! That is what I took into consideration when I put mine together!

 

I agree with vz completly. You'll probably never have a problem with a Walbro, but if you do you can get a quick replacement from any auto parts store and slip it in to get you home or until you can get another Walbro. Or you can just plumb around the Walbro, if it fails, and let the CP3 act as the lift pump and high pressure pump.

The stock pump blocks the line when it fails and stops the truck. Since it mounts to the filter body you can't plumb around it easily.

John

 

If you don't want to spend $$$$$$$$, this has been working for me. Put it on at 20,000 and now at 59,000, just had to replaced it under warranty, I had to pay shipping.

http://www.xtremediesel.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=721

 

That is very similar to what I had. I had the bypass pump, not the auxillary pump. 2 problems ! #1 could never get the advertised pressure out of the pump. ( tried two of them too! ) 9-10 lbs. was all I could ever get. #2 if the factory fuel canister mounted pump goes bad, this pump can't pump thru it. You can do what you want, but I have been done this road recently. Go with a Walbro. You'll thank me in the end.

 

I dont know about the FASS but Airdog has passages that allow the CP3 to suck fuel from the tank if the AD stops working....so you should never be stuck because of a dead fuel pump
and if you think ahead on your install you can plumb two female "AN" fitting and a "union" on the frame rail after the airdog then if airdog did happen to die(not likely they have a 600,000 mile life span) you could take the "union" fitting out and slap your cheap napa fuel pump on and away you go!!!!!

and you still get air/vapor separation

my .02