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Old 08-20-2023, 12:03 PM
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My problem was...I bought the original lifetime pump some 20 years earlier n I don't remember what 'exactly' I paid for it. It was however, a lifetime warranty pump. Problem with this spate of "cheap chinese or mexican made junk" that's flooding the U.S. market, what's got longevity, opposed to what's gonna crater 6 days, 6 weeks, or 6 months down the road? Thus my question. I didn't even get 2 years outta this pump. If I go back to autozone, I'll get a free 'replacement' pump, with a built in grenade fuse that's getting shorter almost by the day!
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The Delphi fuel pump sold by Rock Auto has a lifetime warranty. It's also used as OEM. Hard to go wrong with it. With the AutoZone no-name pump, it may have a lifetime warranty, but someone will need to be available to install the next fuel pump when the originally purchased pump craps out, which costs time & money. For some parts, it's better to go with a known reliable OEM part that tends to last since the time to remove and replace it can make it such a pain.
 
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Connectors are whats killing the pumps on these. Replace the pigtail when you do the new pump.

I had luck cleaning and resizing the pins for a few years after kast replacement but now waiting on a pigtail to come in as mine has finally started disintegrating.

Also replace relay.

Now i dont know this as fact but ive been told a few times that fuel pumps wont be warrentied unless you've had the tank professionally cleaned before the install.
 
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Old 08-28-2023, 12:42 AM
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Connectors are whats killing the pumps on these. Replace the pigtail when you do the new pump.

I had luck cleaning and resizing the pins for a few years after kast replacement but now waiting on a pigtail to come in as mine has finally started disintegrating.

Also replace relay.

Now i dont know this as fact but ive been told a few times that fuel pumps wont be warrentied unless you've had the tank professionally cleaned before the install.
Just FYI, the new Delphi fuel pump I recently purchased via RockAuto and installed in a '96 Dakota came with a new pigtail.
 
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Just FYI, the new Delphi fuel pump I recently purchased via RockAuto and installed in a '96 Dakota came with a new pigtail.
Very nice! My (i think) delphi from napa about 3 years ago did not.

i currently have a pebble propping up the pigtail to keep connection until new one come tomorrow. Lol
 

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Very nice! My (i think) delphi from napa about 3 years ago did not.

i currently have a pebble propping up the pigtail to keep connection until new one come tomorrow. Lol
I used a ziptie to keep the connectors positively attached...
 
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Now, 'ol blue is hissing when I remove the gas cap. Sher hasn't done that in years. until I got the new 'delphi' pump. It's also stalling at idle sometime...GGGRRR!!! I hope it's only the throttle body or the IAC. WHY CAN'T THIS FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT BE EASY!!! BTW, 50 lbs at the fuel rail with the Delphi pump. She runs at hiway speeds just fine and accelerates like a scalded dog, it's just that damnable stalling at idle! If I control the throttle until idle speed obtained (manual tranny), no problemo. Just hope my tank vacuum line not pinched or twisted!
 
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Have you tried resetting the PCM, and letting it re-learn idle?
 
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I've not?!? Thnx brother. I don't know why my brain slipped on that particular banana peel of final steps!!!
 
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that did tha trick brother, thnx again! It's amazing what I forget over time, ah well.
 
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Now, 'ol blue is hissing when I remove the gas cap.
Shouldn't do this at all, Is the evap system working?
 


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