Do all 90 and up EA82 fuel pumps sound like the ones in hi-po chevs and fords? seriously its pretty loud, but all seem to work ok.

They are external, high pressure, electic rotory vane pumps. They make a whirring noise. That's pretty common.

 

GD

Good question, mine seem to be loud too and I was always wondering if it was more age or normal. I've had a ton of them be loud...not terribly loud, just louder than i'd suspect.

Do all 90 and up EA82 fuel pumps sound like the ones in hi-po chevs and fords? seriously its pretty loud, but all seem to work ok.

'89 does too

GD is exactly right. On other car's alot of the fuel pump sound is muffled since the pump is usually located in the tank. But on our cars, it's located externally. So no fuel and a tank to quiet any of the sound it makes. All of mine were pretty audible also.