Aeromotive fuel pump
I have used aeromotive fuel pumps in various projects now for about 10 years and have never had a single fuel pump related failure, until last night. Driving my dually home from work, went to pass a semi and the engine blubbered. Looked at the wideband and saw 17:1. Not good when the turbo is spooled up. Let off, engine still ran but wouldn’t accelerate. Drive off the freeway into a gas station (luckily I was right at an off ramp at the time) shut it off and filled it with fuel thinking it may be low. (Chevy gas gauges are not know for their accuracy) Engine would not restart. Out comes the voltmeter and everything checks out good. 12.2 to the pump. ****.
Now, owning a Chevy comes with some quirks, in the first 100k miles I put 4 factory pumps in this truck. They suck ***. I got very tired of dropping the tank on the side of the road or pulling the bed to get to the pump. So this happened...
10 minutes and I could swap a pump. Comes in very handy. When I put the turbo on this truck at 230k miles, I upgraded the fuel system with all aeromotive stuff. Namely their drop in 340 pump (and later on 2 of them) and last night one of them failed. This is not a bash on aeromotive, in fact I’d like to say thank you to them and continue to endorse their products. My truck now has 568,172 miles and I haven’t touched these pumps since I installed them. Just a quick story. Thanks Aeromotive for a great product.
I have used aeromotive fuel pumps in various projects now for about 10 years and have never had a single fuel pump related failure, until last night. Driving my dually home from work, went to pass a semi and the engine blubbered. Looked at the wideband and saw 17:1. Not good when the turbo is spooled up. Let off, engine still ran but wouldn’t accelerate. Drive off the freeway into a gas station (luckily I was right at an off ramp at the time) shut it off and filled it with fuel thinking it may be low. (Chevy gas gauges are not know for their accuracy) Engine would not restart. Out comes the voltmeter and everything checks out good. 12.2 to the pump. ****.
Now, owning a Chevy comes with some quirks, in the first 100k miles I put 4 factory pumps in this truck. They suck ***. I got very tired of dropping the tank on the side of the road or pulling the bed to get to the pump. So this happened...
10 minutes and I could swap a pump. Comes in very handy. When I put the turbo on this truck at 230k miles, I upgraded the fuel system with all aeromotive stuff. Namely their drop in 340 pump (and later on 2 of them) and last night one of them failed. This is not a bash on aeromotive, in fact I’d like to say thank you to them and continue to endorse their products. My truck now has 568,172 miles and I haven’t touched these pumps since I installed them. Just a quick story. Thanks Aeromotive for a great product.
