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Old 14-09-2015, 08:47 AM
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Following a little hiccup yesterday I'm going to wack a new fuel pump in the old girl, after all it is 16 years old now and for the cost of a replacement it's a lot cheaper than an engine rebuild. Looking around there's not much in price between Walboro 255, Scooby worx SWRD 290 and the RCM 340 but that's probably slight overkill for a standardish car.

Any nightmare stories about the Walboro alternatives although I see CJ mentioned a dodgy batch of 255s the other day.

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Old 14-09-2015, 08:50 AM
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I have a Scoobyworx SWRD 290 and no probs
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Old 14-09-2015, 09:06 AM
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Give Ayln a call
As for the dodgey pumps they should all have been removed from shelves
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Old 14-09-2015, 09:14 AM
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A walbro will be fine, Alyn stocks them as CJ says....
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Old 14-09-2015, 09:17 AM
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Cheers guys, could be an expensive call as it's due a service and a gearbox and diff oil change wouldn't go amiss. Also got an ABS sensor gone on the civic, bloody cars.
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Old 14-09-2015, 12:21 PM
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Only from what I read on internet, but i haven't put an uprated one in the RB5 yet as i am led to believe that the stock fuel pressure regulator has trouble with uprated pumps on the classic. Might be worth asking for advice, as i would certainly like to put one in mine to be safe.
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Old 14-09-2015, 01:10 PM
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Alyn would prob be good to ask
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Old 14-09-2015, 01:33 PM
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Spoken to Alyn and have a 255 on the way, he's only had a problem once with a failing regulator and reckons it should be fine.
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Old 14-09-2015, 02:14 PM
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cool, i'll have to sell my nearly new 255 pump to get a classic one, RB5 is going to be a bit more rapid over winter
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cool, i'll have to sell my nearly new 255 pump to get a classic one, RB5 is going to be a bit more rapid over winter

Sounds interesting 😉
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Old 14-09-2015, 04:34 PM
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lol CJ, you are the root cause of all my problems! keep it standard Jo said!
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Could always sell it on 😁
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Which is what I would of done if you didn't have it 👍
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Old 14-09-2015, 09:46 PM
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I've got a spare regulator if you need one although they are a PITA to change in situ.
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Old 14-09-2015, 10:12 PM
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Cheers, hopefully it won't be needed.
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