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ssic pump question

jakewet28

jakewet28

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Ok so about two weeks ago I was driving up to osu to visit my friend that lives up there an about an hour and a half after driving me car locks up and I have to pull off to the shoulder of the highway. I pop the hood and try starting it again and it would turn over but didn't hear the fuel pump kick on. Now mind you when I hooked up the Intercooler pump I connected it to the fuel pump relay. Then I checked and noticed that the fuse to the fuel pump was blown. I swapped out the fuses an touched the intercooler pump wire to the battery terminal to see if it would turn on and it didn't. I then kept the intercooler pump wire unplugged then put the relay back in and the car started right up. This got me the rest of the way up and back. Right when I got home the first thing I did watch swap out pulleys just for safekeeping. I tried the ic wire to the battery terminal again and nothing. My first thought was the pump went out. Then a few days later after keeping it unplugged I thought you myself what the heck couldn't hurt, and tried the ic wire again and the pump turned on. Now after rejoicing for a few minutes I started wondering if it was drawing too much current from the fuel pump relay and it just shut down. So then after a drive up to the hardware store me and my dad wired a new relay and fuse for the ic pump and it worked just fine. Right when I got home from work yesterday I checked it again to see if it was still working and it wasn't. The relay is brand new and the fuse isn't blown so my question is what could be wrong? I've had the pump in there for about a year and around 10000 miles so I'm thinking, and hoping not, that the ic pump went out. I'm not sure what to do next besides buying a new pump. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
 


Aren't the GM quietpumps rated to like 100,000 hours or something crazy like that...which is like a 10+ year lifespan?
 
Odd my flowjet was still running like a champ after 30K miles on my dd. However your pump is obviously shot and it's time for a new one.

Where is your pump bolted?
 


txslow6 said:
Odd my flowjet was still running like a champ after 30K miles on my dd. However your pump is obviously shot and it's time for a new one.

Where is your pump bolted?
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Well the the fact that I take my dd up to a strip every Friday and run thirteen times pretty much every time probably didn't help lol. But I put the pump basically the same way that the guy who did the write up on short stack intercoolers did where he bolted I on in front of the fenderwell behind the bumper on the frame except we just flipped the pump upside down to keep air bubbles out.
 
Also I already ordered a new pump from wbodystore. It said on the box that it was a bosch when I got it in the mail. Does anyone know how this is or have any experience with this? If so any comments would be helpful.
 
matt5112 said:
i believe thats the GM/good one.
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Sweet good to hear. Just as long as this one holds up longer than the other one ill be happy.

Also when i started my car this morning and it was around 45 degrees. When i turned it on the pump came on and stayed on until i got to school (15 minute drive) and then didnt come back on. What could this mean? I mean I assume that the pump is still probably fried and Im still gonna put the other pump on Friday but im thinking that if this one is still good thatd be great to have another backup pump in case worst comes to worst
 
jakewet28 said:
Well the the fact that I take my dd up to a strip every Friday and run thirteen times pretty much every time probably didn't help lol. But I put the pump basically the same way that the guy who did the write up on short stack intercoolers did where he bolted I on in front of the fenderwell behind the bumper on the frame except we just flipped the pump upside down to keep air bubbles out.
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I did too. :th_winking:

Although, I never installed my pump upside down and it was at the lowest point of the car on the driver side after the bumper was removed.
 


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