Originally Posted by
vbrab
Looking to keep a spare fuel diesel pump for remote travel with D2 Td5.
I can get supposedly "OEM" version for $400 and freight, or can buy Chinese version on Ebay for $95 with a year warranty.
Has anybody bought one of the Ebay variety, and what sort of outcome with using them?
My mate was sold a cheap one and he found it noisy, after a while he tired of it and fitted a VDO. I also didn't like the single point of failure pump and had an external one fitted, like the ones used on Bowler's. I actually rang Drew Bowler for the details, he was very helpful, a nice guy, unfortunately he has passed away now. The install cost approx. $7-800 in parts and another $7-800 in labour, call it $1500 total. The external pump also became noisy, making a whine when I test ran it every so often, I discovered that I could just use it for priming, then switch it off, as the cam driven injectors would suck the fuel through the pump, had to keep the rev's up though, which I found was quite fun, as involved more driving skill. I also had a hose clip blow off this back up arrangement, and eventually sourced a special fitting via Pirtek, from another nice experienced guy that knew his stuff. That branch has closed/moved now and I think he retired.
Cheers,
Randy
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