Edelbrock Pro Flo 4 EFI
My efi edelbrock sump fuel pump died yesterday 2 blocks away from home. It had been running fine, but lasted only 3k miles or so. Ran fine all the time, it was mounted behind the passenger headlight. Measured pump terminals resistance and was like 1ohm compared to 24 ohms on the new pump. Had the pwm feature enabled, and 90% fuel pump for 2-3 seconds under acceleration. Anyone has experienced this with this kit, dying so early?.
I happened to have a new spare kit because of rhe promotion they once had. Installed the new pump and could not get it to fill up, the mechanical worked fine. But fuel was not gettin in. Tried filling it up manually, and fuel did not get in. I tried the same with the old ine and gas went just right in. I took apart the failing pump to see what could be blocking the inlet and saw a couple of floaters.
Decided to take the new one apart since I had no choice and the floaters were stuck, moved the assembly with my fingers and was able to pull the infeed plunger back but tended to get stuck again, pulled the floater and the spring wire broke. Ended up making the spring loop again with the same spring and some pliers until it fit and the plunger did not get stuck for both floaters. The assembly had a kind of assembly grease that was already dry and got everywhere, tried to blow as much as I could and put it back together, filled up with fuel already. The whole assembly is tricky to put back together because of these floaters and the fuel regulator diaphragm. The car started right after, no apparent leaks and was able to get home.
Will leave it running today for a while to make sure is not leaking or overflowing. Im dissapointed because the original sump pump lasted so little, and the new one did not work right out of the box.