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DOUGMO

By DOUGMO,
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predator Grand Master

predator

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after 6 months mine died. Ended up end filter that was supplied with it ended up decaying, and sucking itself into the pump, until eventually it was pretty useless.. car would randomly stall, not start, etc. That is what I would say most likely caused the problem.. if not the pump just crapped itself.

try and not use the stock filter. But others have had random failures with them..

MerlinTheHapyPig Mentor

MerlinTheHapyPig

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mine runs fine, no problems and very happy in fact.

you can re-use the stock sock filter just to be safe, though predator is the only person i've heard of who has experienced this problem before. I'm interested to hear who else is having problems with walbros, and who they bought them off if "plenty of people are haiving problems" with them.

Another note, there is a thread about someone on this forum who has been selling Walbro rip-off's(Cefiro_PWA) (which don't have proper model number & walbro logo & pat numbers stamped on them), be wary of them, as they are not the same quality as proper walbro's.

It's sticked in the for sale section / parts & acc classifieds fyi

koni180 Newbie

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My mates Walbro pump cacked it after about 10months (180sx). I also had a Walbro, however when my car was on the dyno one time my tuner told me that my car was leaning out and believed that it was the pump starting to fail, but im not 100% convinced that it was the pump. I replaced it with a Bosch 040

Im pretty sure though that my pump was a genuine Walbro as it had the emblem and serial number engraved on the pump.

There was a fair few copies going round though on NS.com

predator Grand Master

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mine i am pretty positive is genuine walbro.. and like above had the proper markings I am pretty sure..

when i get around to it 2nd time around, I am either going GTR pump or Bosch.. I thought giving the walbro was worth a try at a bit of a cheaper price, but don't think I would do it again.

exXU1 Mentor

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mine i am pretty positive is genuine walbro.. and like above had the proper markings I am pretty sure..  

when i get around to it 2nd time around, I am either going GTR pump or Bosch.. I thought giving the walbro was worth a try at a bit of a cheaper price, but don't think I would do it again.

I agree , you pay Peanuts ,ya get monkeys. Have been thru this Walbro scenario. Cost me money for a piece of snot!

Bought a more expensive Tommie, vehicle specific , will never cut corners again.

R31Nismoid Grand Master

R31Nismoid

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how can say that?

A walbro is not far off the price of a bosch unit.

So people arent cutting corners at all. Just the product is crap.

mine didnt come close to flowing what it said on paper. Changed to a bosch and the AFR's went ridiculously rich.

No more walbro for me either. Im just using it as a lifter pump

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