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airtex fuel pump failure

Started by dougrs, April 23, 2014, 07:08:57 AM

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ribbert

#15
April 23, 2014, 07:50:27 PM
Points in fuel pumps do very little work (compared to ignition points). I have recently had two original FJ pumps apart at over 100,000 k's and while the points needed a slight clean up there was only minimal pitting. At the rate they wear they should outlast the non serviceable components of the pump many times over.

You can now buy most of these or facet style pumps as solid state units. These are now widely used because of their reliability. I have a $25 facet knock-off pump I carry as a spare. I did use it for about 10,000's on another bike.

It has occurred to me that it would be just as easy to mount it somewhere near where it would used as it is to carry it around in the tail. Carrying a length of hose is a good idea but probably takes up more room than a spare pump. Whatever, as long as you make some provision for getting home, or more importantly, continuing a trip in the event of a failure. The hose, as I have read here, is a bit of a  limp home fix and as I do a lot of trips I like the idea of a spare pump that cost less than a tank of fuel. Cheap insurance.

We are only talking about an event that is likely to happen once in the life of the bike, but of course it will never be at a convenient time or place.

Noel
"Tell a wise man something he doesn't know and he'll thank you, tell a fool something he doesn't know and he'll abuse you"

dougrs

#16
April 28, 2014, 07:35:37 PM
UPDATE:

Amazon warrantied my airtex pump and is sending a replacement. I also found a pump from a 2006 YZF600R for cheap and picked that up too. The pump will plug right into the existing wiring plug and uses the same mounting bracket. The pump hose barbs are a little bigger but are located in the same location as the stock FJ pump. Not a bad solution once you work around the slightly larger hose barbs on the pump.

-Doug
1989 Yamaha FJ1200
1994 BMW K75

fintip

#17
April 29, 2014, 11:54:59 AM
Fjowners.wikidot.com/fuel-pump

Talks about Eric airtex failures and...

QuoteCliff notes: YZF600R (97-02) fuel pump is identical, 99-02 R6 unit will work, maybe $100 new, maybe $40 used.
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JOMPPA10

#18
May 23, 2014, 01:07:23 PM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on April 23, 2014, 04:47:34 PM
Reliability?
The Facet pumps being recommended by the aircraft industry speaks volumes to me.

+1 FROM me works fine even has little bit more pressure 0,4 bar
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