<VV> Electric Fuel Pumps vs Diaphragm

[Ron]

I've had one diaphragm pump fail on the road in the last 25 years.  I'm 
presently runnung three Corvairs and would take them anywhere.  Today we did 
a parade in a town about 1 1/2 hours away and I even forgot to take my 
"spares" kit.  My '75 olds used to fail a fuel pump about every two years. 
The Corvairs are doing a lot better than that.  Electric pumps fail also and 
the stock pumps are a lot easier to change.  I see absolutely no reason to 
switch to electrics.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <john at nfdc.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: <VV> Electric Fuel Pumps vs Diaphragm


>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
>
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