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14-05-2013, 08:10 AM | #1 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Had a standard pump which was useless and put in a Walbro..This has been fantastic until......................
My Friday..being single n all ..had a "friend" fly in the arvo....left home at 3.30..airport at 4.15...traffic just total crap..T purring like a kitten...freeway.. bolte bridge..tunnel..get to warrigal rd...traffic bumper to bumper..just hit oakleigh and she stops..traffic so bad I couldn't get out to push..just to dangerous..wouldn't start...flashers on once a bit of traffic eased I started to let it roll backwards as there was side road about 20m back..got out and..funny PEOPLE DON'T TOOT when u got a big **** tatt....time 6.30 ...tried to start.. no go..waited for a good buddy to turn up so we walked across the road and had a few bevy's at a restaurant with ma gurly..as u do.Gary turned up and we wrkd out it was the fuel pump... went home and had a spare so fitted and it fired up..yaaaa fn hooo..the thing is the walbro was fitted 10k ago and why would it f up...tested it this morning and it wrkd off the battery..was it a faulty connection in the car or the pump..side note... took her for a drive yesterday and blew her mind..he h So I have another standard one in there.. What should I do ..buy another walbro or get a catch can... can't afford to waist dollars note...347 slightly warm..........
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14-05-2013, 06:03 PM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Please anybody have any ideas to get the best result with the fuel pump...
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14-05-2013, 06:08 PM | #3 | ||
Melted Rubber Fabricator
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Catch can and 044 and are you sure it was a genuine walbro
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14-05-2013, 06:41 PM | #4 | ||
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14-05-2013, 08:40 PM | #5 | ||
Melted Rubber Fabricator
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Looks like it is an ebay special
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14-05-2013, 08:43 PM | #6 | |||
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ebay...so whats the go
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14-05-2013, 09:22 PM | #7 | ||
Melted Rubber Fabricator
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How long you had it?
How much warenty did it come with? Sent from my GT-N8020 using Tapatalk 2 |
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14-05-2013, 09:26 PM | #8 | ||
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Been in for a year n a half...
warranty..hundreds of items to go through to find supplier.. is there other options
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14-05-2013, 09:34 PM | #9 | ||
Melted Rubber Fabricator
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Contact walbro themselves
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15-05-2013, 04:29 AM | #10 | |||
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Best way to ensure wtty, and if genuine.
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15-05-2013, 07:00 AM | #11 | ||
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Have contacted seller.. he has a 1 year warranty ..its been 14 months..see how i go.
what other options do I have..different products..want to go to the drags next month..
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15-05-2013, 08:33 AM | #12 | ||
Melted Rubber Fabricator
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Location: Dalby
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Std pump feeding surge can than 044 feeding from can to fuel rail.
Or in tank 044. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 |
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