phazertwo
Die Summer DIE!
So my last lift pump lasted about 5k. It was a Napa pump that other guys here have said last a whole heck of allot longer than that. I had to replace that damn thing in a Mickie D's parking lot in Salt Lake City, and let me tell you it was a blast working on a hot engine like that!! Anyway I had to get another from Napa, and I am now worried that it will fail too.
Upon inspection of the pump (in the parking lot), it was EXTREAMLY easy to move the plunger arm back and forth, and of course it would flow NO air. The new one showed up courtesy of my wife (who walked to go pick it up while I got the bad one out
) and it was very difficult to move, and flowed LOTS of air (in case anyone is wondering, the bad one just like the new one when I installed it).
I read when I installed the first pump that if you installed it wrong that it would run but not last very long. So I followed the instruction to the letter, and it still failed early (I really think I installed it right, and lets just just say this is not my first rodeo if my mechanical ability is in question). My question is, how can you install it wrong so that it will work, but not last as long. Seems to me if you get the pump in there, and on the lobe, its installed. Yeah you could get the plunger arm over the lobe, BUT than the rub marks would be on the wrong side of the plunger arm, and I don't see how it would run like that at all.
Did I get a fluke pump, or did I
something up and I am too dumb to realize what I did.
PZ
PS I am asking because I agreed to help WMO guy do the lift pump on his '93 on Saturday, and figured I should make sure I am doing this right
Upon inspection of the pump (in the parking lot), it was EXTREAMLY easy to move the plunger arm back and forth, and of course it would flow NO air. The new one showed up courtesy of my wife (who walked to go pick it up while I got the bad one out
) and it was very difficult to move, and flowed LOTS of air (in case anyone is wondering, the bad one just like the new one when I installed it).I read when I installed the first pump that if you installed it wrong that it would run but not last very long. So I followed the instruction to the letter, and it still failed early (I really think I installed it right, and lets just just say this is not my first rodeo if my mechanical ability is in question). My question is, how can you install it wrong so that it will work, but not last as long. Seems to me if you get the pump in there, and on the lobe, its installed. Yeah you could get the plunger arm over the lobe, BUT than the rub marks would be on the wrong side of the plunger arm, and I don't see how it would run like that at all.
Did I get a fluke pump, or did I
something up and I am too dumb to realize what I did.PZ
PS I am asking because I agreed to help WMO guy do the lift pump on his '93 on Saturday, and figured I should make sure I am doing this right
