$50 DI fuel pump

[greg409]

I installed an air-tex 3270 fuel pump today. (new, ebay)

It 's something that most of you shouldn't be afraid of, if you need a new fuel pump.

I'm more than capable, but I'm real lazy.

I had gotten down to 28# on the fuel rail, leading to (I think), a sluggishness @ idle until well warmed up.

A month ago, I had 30# at the rail.

Now I have #40 at the rail, it jumps off idle nicely.

The pump appeared to be original (13yrs?), I had a hell of a time getting the steel ring off
for all the rust.
Took just over an hour,

luck,greg

 

[Maddie]

Greg: that's a great price. How did you derive as to wether it would fit and how about the quality? I'm flirting with disaster as my 95 is original with 140,000.

 

[whiskeynipple]

thats a great find - thanks for posting
was it just a drop in? did you have to mod anything?

 

[greg409]

I've read about this from a variety of sources, decided to try it as I was certain my pump was on borrowed time.

I'm not 100% certain about the '95 application, but if it's included in compatibility with an OEM pump, then you should be good.

It IS a drop-in, except the OEM discharge hose is crazy to get off old pump.

I had some 3/8 fuel line that I used, with clamps, which should have been 5/16, probably. It went well.

Also the internal pedestal base of the old pump couldn't be used, as the 3/8 was not
flexible enough. You'd see once it's out.

That air-tex is the OEM manufacturer for ac-delco. the 3270 is used on several GM pickup trucks mid 90's to early 2000"s.

They list all day for around $80.

luck,greg

 

[Va_Disco]

Greg,
That is a great fix for the fuel pump especially if you only need to replace you pump and not the extremely expensive sending unit. I did a similar replacment a few months ago and it works great. I was going to buy the unit you bought off Ebay but was unsure of compatability, so I bought a fuel pump rebuild kit from my local Bap-Geon I think it was around $80 came with the pump new filter and the hoses and clamps. Aside from having to change this in the middle of a blizzard I was really happy with the installation.

 

[greg409]

We'll see, it's only the second day,LOL

The bag was open, the filter was missing, but I used the OEM, worked fine.

luck,greg

 

[Va_Disco]

I wouldn't worry to much about the bag being open. Just as long as you installed it just as you removed the old one. I made the mistake of not tightening the supply line and a week later the line came off, and I got really mad when the Rover wouldn't start. But the new pump has been working without flaw for just over 4 months. It is even quieter than the stock pump.