"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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Most vehicles these days are fuel injected with an electric fuel pump in
the tank. These electric pumps, according to an informal survey of
friends and acquaintances, fail with alarming frequency - usually within
~50K miles and each 50K thereafter. Failure will always occur without
warning and in the worst possible place and at the worst possible time.

... Once you are on the roadside, you will find that no matter how
good you may be at fixing cars, there is nothing you can do but call a tow
truck since pump replacement requires a high bay hoist where the gas tank
can be removed. It just isn't a DIY job.
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I've only replaced one - one of my Villagers started to get noisy at about
130K so I replaced it "just in case". I did have to drop the tank but it
isn't that hard with a jack and jackstands...
My '97 with 120K is still fine, and my '90 Ranger still has the original
pump at 130K but I did have to pull the tank to fix a leak in the fill hose.
Of course, I wouldn't be able to replace one on the side of the road with
just what I carry with me (which doesn't include a pump). Timing belts fall
in the same catagory.

I don't know what kind of cars you and your friends are driving, but you
might want to consider switching to Fords - I've never had one with less
than 100K leave me at the side of the road.

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Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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