Airtex fuel pump in a Delphi box

[dagreendeville]

sorry guys im a lil backwards sometimes lol but yall got the point ha ha

 

[snicklas]

delphi repackages other products.
older delphi was known as "AC delco" with a "AC" cast in large fonts in the pump body.
Airtex is a "A" with a circle around it cast into the body of the pump.
not all airtex units are junk.
we have seen and some experienced a bad batch run.

Cal,

Thank you for the confirmation.... I know this is apples and oranges, but I just replaced the fuel pump in my 98 Sable Wagon, and it was an Airtex Electric In-Tank pump.... so I am glad they are not "that bad", not really wanting to drop the tank again....... I just finally am not sore from the last time.....

 

[subway]

Cal,

Thank you for the confirmation.... I know this is apples and oranges, but I just replaced the fuel pump in my 98 Sable Wagon, and it was an Airtex Electric In-Tank pump.... so I am glad they are not "that bad", not really wanting to drop the tank again....... I just finally am not sore from the last time.....

i just did the fuel pump in my 05 taurus a few months back, we have had this car since 20-30k miles so i am fairly certian it is the original pump. the airtex pump i got from autozone matched the factory one perfectly. i am not talking just size and connections but the writing location and styles of the part numbers on the part was the exactly the same. its been working great for a few months now so it is not a long term test but so far so good.


there is a big differance in mechanical vs electrical though and pumps for our trucks are probubly in a whole differant area if not country of origin.

 

[94f450sd]

All aftermarket pumps are airtex now no matter where you get them from.the electric pumps say airtex right on them no matter what the box says.and they suck

 

[subway]

All aftermarket pumps are airtex now no matter where you get them from.the electric pumps say airtex right on them no matter what the box says.and they suck

my point was that in my case it exactly matched the Ford factory pump

 

[OLDBULL8]

Try this for a Carter fuel pump source.

http://www.google.com/products/cata...X&ei=6VwQT-mSG8jC0AGYrYimAw&ved=0CIcBEPMCMAU#

 

[snicklas]

i just did the fuel pump in my 05 taurus a few months back, we have had this car since 20-30k miles so i am fairly certian it is the original pump. the airtex pump i got from autozone matched the factory one perfectly. i am not talking just size and connections but the writing location and styles of the part numbers on the part was the exactly the same. its been working great for a few months now so it is not a long term test but so far so good.


there is a big differance in mechanical vs electrical though and pumps for our trucks are probubly in a whole differant area if not country of origin.

Jred,

That is the same thing I found... and it came from AutoZone also.... that was not a fun job, my arms and back ached for days.... since it was on the floor with the car on stands.... a lift would have been nice.... and the ratchet gets really heavy holding it in the air that long. Mine looked to beh original, and the car has just under 121,000 on it now.... and my pump did not fail.... the part that screws to the "lid" of the bucket that is what connects the feed line to the pump, came off... the screws were in the bottom of the tank.... so when it blew the feed line to the engine off the pump.... it was pumping fine.... on the roof of the tank.... the replacement has a 1 piece lid, and that connector is part of the lid...... so a better design in my opinion......

 

[TWeatherford]

The search for a good pump continues

So my Carter which I ordered off eBay came today. Headed outside to put it on. The Delphi/Airtex which I had put on was doing fine, and producing about 5.5 psi but I want to get it refunded from Amazon and have a likely better quality pump on there. Turns out there are some differences between the Carter and Delphi/Airtex. Carter on left, Delphi/Airtex on right.

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Turns out the Carter is about 1/3 of an inch bigger in diameter, too, and has a different weep hole design.

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Put the Carter on, got it all buttoned up (I'm getting quick at it, 3rd time doing it). Start it up, runs fine, at least at idle, but this is all the pump is producing:

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I'm getting tired of replacing these things. I'm thinking of just running this one until I get another to replace it, but don't want to hurt anything. I guess I will just put the old one back on it and wait for the UPS man to bring me a new one. Sometimes it seems like I just can't win.

 

[itsacrazyasian]

Thats fine at idle, what does it do revved up?

The main reason why i want the carter is where it weeps...

Also, between the two pumps i had, the metal on the bottom seemed to be stronger with the carter.

 

[TWeatherford]

Thats fine at idle, what does it do revved up?

The main reason why i want the carter is where it weeps...

Also, between the two pumps i had, the metal on the bottom seemed to be stronger with the carter.

Even up to 3300 rpm it won't produce above 4 psi. Mostly 3 now. It runs great, I think I'm going to just run it until I get a new one, instead of putting the old one back on, then switching that one out again. I would have never known it wasn't putting out good pressure without a fuel pressure gauge.

 

[itsacrazyasian]

Even up to 3300 rpm it won't produce above 4 psi. Mostly 3 now. It runs great, I think I'm going to just run it until I get a new one, instead of putting the old one back on, then switching that one out again. I would have never known it wasn't putting out good pressure without a fuel pressure gauge.

I'd leave it alone. Thats what the other pump put out on the E series van i did. Its not like it falls off at higher loads. Besides i personally trust the carter design over the airtex.