advice for helper pump for IP - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

funola · #16 12-17-2014, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by grease lightnig

Fattywagons This is the link to fattywagon I have seen this pump in use on three applications two were veggie one just diesel. All three are still working for years now. If you arrow down the website it look like this.

Electric Boost Pump $85

pump

This pump comes in the Simple Benz kit. Helps with fuel delivery to the stock lift pump. Rated @ 9 PSI. Cost is $85 shipped in the Continental USA. Anywhere else add $20 with the shipping button at the bottom of the page.

$85? Price has gone up that much? I remember buying them (Airtex brand) at Autozone for $30 a few years ago. Here's one under $13 delivered. I just bought one to play with. These are simple solenoid pumps and are very reliable if you can keep debris away from it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-New-Universal-Heavy-Duty-Electric-Fuel-Pump-Metal-Intank-Solid-Petrol/201139390260?_trksid=p2059210.c100148.m2813&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140127102845%26meid%3D537c70092f0749a29f7 bd38e1b79e929%26pid%3D100148%26prg%3D20140127102845%26rkt%3D4%26

grease lightnig · #17 12-17-2014, 08:07 PM

I purchased a Raptor Pump for my 2005 E320 CDI, it was for the Veggie side of my system it blew out in a week the seal leaked and filled the motor with veg oil and then stopped working. That car now has a WVO Design pump that was $500. It works real good. But that is a different topic. I am pretty sure that $13 one will stop working after about 5 gallons. Just like the $30 ones from the auto parts store they do not like diesel.

funola · #18 12-17-2014, 11:33 PM

Why do they not like diesel? I have used them on vo for 9 years now and the only failure I have had was leaving one unused with vo in it for a few years and it gunked up. Not the pump's fault. I have taken it apart, cleaned gunk and put it back together with a clamp and it is working again. After seeing how it's made and the material used, I can't imagine why it would not work for diesel.