Onan Generator 5500 Gold Fuel Pum
$900 for a Onan 5500 Marques Gold generator fuel pump installed in a 2007 motorhome, is this reasonable? This is at a Cummins dealer/shop, they diagnosed the problem as well.
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I have a '94 Bounder with an Onan 7000. I replaced the fuel pump about 4 years ago, it was a standard Carter pump, direct replacement for the Onan part. Got the pump from an auto supply place for less than $100. I had to drop the generator to get at the pump so it wasn't something I'd do on-the-road, but the actual pump replacement only took a few minutes.
Re: Cummins/Onan dealership charges: I decided that it would be a good idea to replace the needle valve and float in the carburetor since I was servicing the generator anyway. The carburetor dis-assembled in about 2 minutes, it's very simple. I took the float and needle valve off to my local Cummins/Onan dealer so I could be sure of getting the correct parts. I was informed that the carburetors are sealed at the factory and are not serviceable but they could sell me a new one for $800.
I re-assembled the carburetor with the old parts. Still runs fine. The needle and float looked generic, I'm sure I could find off-the-shelf replacements somewhere if I needed to do so.
Re: Cummins/Onan dealership charges: I decided that it would be a good idea to replace the needle valve and float in the carburetor since I was servicing the generator anyway. The carburetor dis-assembled in about 2 minutes, it's very simple. I took the float and needle valve off to my local Cummins/Onan dealer so I could be sure of getting the correct parts. I was informed that the carburetors are sealed at the factory and are not serviceable but they could sell me a new one for $800.
I re-assembled the carburetor with the old parts. Still runs fine. The needle and float looked generic, I'm sure I could find off-the-shelf replacements somewhere if I needed to do so.
