<VV> Fuel Pump defect rate.

[J R Read_HML]

Hi Bill,

Discounting the period where they were failing right out of the box a dozen 
or more years ago, my experience is that I generally get between 30,000 and 
40,000 miles on average.  That does not seem like an excessive failure rate 
to me.  I've not had one fail in the first month in at least ten years.

That (30 to 40) is an average over all my Vairs.  I put about 15,000 to 
20,000 on the fleet each year and probably replace a pump about once every 
other year.  As you know, all but one are stored in the winter.

And, I agree with your observation that a long parked vehicle "starts the 
clock" anew.  Seems like that is a function of the pumps going dry and the 
newer gasoline formulations.  Once you let the rubber dry out, the pump 
seems to often go away in a hurry when put back into service.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140 (times 2)
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <corvair at fnader.com>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Scott Candish" <scandish at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fuel Pump defect rate.


 The only
> exception seems to be cars that sit for long periods of time and then put 
> back into use... they seem to almost restart the clock... if the pump 
> lasts a month after putting the car back in use, it will last a long time.
>
> Bill
>