<VV> Electric Fuel Pumps vs Diaphragm

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/1/2007 8:12:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
john at nfdc.net writes:

I would  appreciate anyone's opinion concerning switching to electric fuel 
pumps on my  3 Corvairs or keeping the "old style" diaphragm pumps.  I have 
friends  who would only have electric, while others say the "old style" diaphragm  
 is just fine.  I had a diaphragm pump fail 2 years ago and my brother had  
one fail 4 weeks ago.  Both pumps were about 4 years old and had very few  
miles on them.  I was fortunate that mine failed in the garage as I was  getting 
it out for an afternoon cruise.  I was able to change the pump,  oil and filter 
immediately.  The "new" pump has been on the car since  then and has worked 
fine.  My brother was not as fortunate, though.   His failed on the road (12 
miles from home) and luckily he was able to get it  off the road and into a 
shopping center parking lot.  Other than the  aggravation, cost of a new pump, oil 
filter and oil, no harm was done to the  Greenbrier.  However, we had both 
his Greenbrier and my '64 Monza on a  cruise to Luray Caverns VA in May.  A 
failure on that trip could have  spelled disaster, since we were about 150 miles 
from home.  Carrying an  extra pump is not the problem, getting gas into the 
crankcase is!  Are  there any warning signs?  My brother's Greenbrier and my 3 
Corvairs are  stored over the winter.  When we get them out in the Spring, are 
we going  to have to charge the battery, change oil, lube AND replace the fuel 
 pump?  With the 2 failures, my confidence in the "old style" diaphragm  
pumps is not very high.  Suggestions and opinions would be  appreciated.

John Johnson
64 Monza Conv
65 Corsa Conv
65 Corsa  Turbo Coupe




I don't have any worthwhile advice since I have never had an electric pump  
on any of my 'Vairs, but-----you just stirred up a hotbed of controversy when  
you asked that question.  It was Flame City for a while.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird



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