Preventative TBI Pump Replacement

1987 GMC Jimmy said:

I wanted a few opinions on this. I need to drop my tank to replace the sending unit, and I'm not 100% on replacing the pump. I've heard newer pumps, and they're pretty quiet. When I was a kid, I remember hearing Dodge and GM TBI trucks with loud fuel pumps when they were newer, but I don't hear those anymore. Mine's pretty loud, and it leads me to at least consider that this maybe the factory pump. I could be completely mistaken about pump noise, but I read somewhere once that the way pumps are made now versus thirty years ago is different. I wish I could find that to corroborate this, but I couldn't. The pump works fine, and I know when it starts to run low on gas because it'll groan a lot, but I don't know if I'd be better off holding onto this pump or go with a new one so it doesn't crap out on me when I'm away from the house.

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1987 GMC Jimmy said:

I went ahead and got a new one from RockAuto. I went ahead and got the Spectra package because the Delphi was double. I would like to drastically improve performance down the road so if the new pump lasts a few years, I'll be fine with that. The assembly has good reviews on Amazon, Summit, etc., but I wish RockAuto did reviews...

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1987 GMC Jimmy said:

I knew in my mind it was the better decision, but sometimes I want to hear it from others just to make sure. It was $81 shipped from there versus $200 in the store. I saved a lot. I just bought a Saginaw box from there and sent the old one back, and the shipping almost killed the deal. I learned my lesson on having to resend heavy ass cores in the mail.

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