Road trip roulette

[WoodsWagon]

Every trip I make in my loyale is one chance closer to the dead by the side of the road time. My fuel pump is complaining loudy and wants to die, but I still need the car to get parts. The other day, the pump was louder than the engine at idle, and its been losing power daily. You can feel the engine lose power half way up hills as the pressure drops in the injection system. It's a bad scene and I think its contributing to my 19mpg gas problem.

 

I'm tempted to go the route of the ford truck pump, but I'm worried about the 90psi in the 31-41psi spfi system. I'm not sure the regulator can dump that much. MorganM seems to be running it without problem, but I dunno.

It would help when I do my future EJ22 swap, because the MPFI system wants 60-70psi.

 

Used fuel pumps seem rare round here, the nearest one seems to be goffstown, NH which is a ways away. I'll have to make the descision soon or I'll be left by the side of the road.

[Syonyk]

A new pump should be $150 or so.

 

How much is getting towed?

 

Also, I suggest jetting over to the classifieds section and posting a "WTB: Loyale fuel pump" thread. You might get some responses.

 

I love side of the road repairs as much as the next guy, but I've also learned that if something is nice enough to give you *warning* before it fails, take advantage of that and fix it.

 

-=Russ=-

[75subie]

its a special order item, but hear it is for $74.95

 

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