Fuel Pump Replacement....Which Brand?

My experience with Airtex has been poor. I replaced the fuel pump (along with the strainer and fuel filter) in my previous Protege and it failed in three months, and the warranty replacement one started whining right after replacement. I'm unsure if that one failed prematurely, as I sold the car.

 

Airtex is junk. After you warranty out your pump a couple times I'm sure you will just buy a better one anyway. I have definately had better luck with the precision branded (carter) fuel pumps I've sold from Oreillys than the airtex brand ones which had ALOT of wty claims.

 

Mike N and Knuckle are just killing me with your avatars, LOL...

Saw Todd's earlier today too...

 

ACDelco or Delphi only no exceptions if you plan to keep the truck for many years. Delphi is the OEM pump.

DELPHI Part # FG0053 is for non flex fuel (dont know what yours is) and costs $161.79 on rockauto. The flex fuel version is $302


http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1112133&cc=1399507

 

I have trouble getting any of my customers to consider an Airtex. They have had too many failures and don't like doing the job twice (or three times) and only getting paid once.

A lifetime warranty on a fuel pump usually is given by a company that is trying to overcome previous issues with their pumps. Doesn't mean they've fixed the problem - just means they are hoping to sell more pumps.

Delphi is not part of GM (not since the 90's). Delphi does make SOME GM fuel pumps - but those pumps are sold under the GM or ACDelco label.

An ACDelco fuel pump is built to the exact specs that GM has for the pump. A Delphi that was OE is also built to those same specs. But Delphi can't make the same exact pump and put their own name on it without violating their agreement with GM. Now having said that - they can make a minor irrelevant change and probably get away with it.

But any pump that they are not the OE supplier - they are forced to reengineer on their own - just like all the aftermarket suppliers.

If Delphi was the OE pump manufacturer on the original pump, but are not the current supplier for GM replacements, they don't have access to any improvements to the OE design. GM does look at pattern failures and institutes changes to parts all the time.

Unless you know that Delphi is STILL the current OE manufacturer for the pump you are looking for - it is not the same as the ACDelco/GM part.

 

Obviously, any brand can have premature failures but the Airtex in our Caravan crapped out in 2 years and about 25,000 miles.