P30 Fuel Pump Service Life?
Trying to be pro active an do preventative maintenance. How long with the fuel pump last in a 1995 P30 chevy motor home chassis? Is it mileage, time or both? Anyone have to replace theirs already? ...
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Cousin_Eddy wrote:
So, 23 year old motorhome (1995) with 72000 miles, should I replace it?
If you're worried about it, why not just get an external fuel pump? Add it to the system, reduce some of the work the in tank pump is doing. And reduce your work in the process since there's no need to drop the tank. Race cars use externals along with their in tank pumps for redundancy. Sometimes they just remove the in tank pump and go external for more room for the fuel. (This trick wouldn't help if your top-of-tank hoses get holes worn in them of course).
Takes an hour to install an external along with a filter preceding it. I added mine to my diesel engine at the rear of the RV next to the engine. Tank was up front just behind the front axle. Attached it to the frame rail and powered it from an IGN wire I found up on the engine. Added it after my mechanic told me the in tank pump was 'weak' whatever that is. Pump is 8GPM. Worked fine for 12 years when I sold the RV.
Wrote up a blog article about it.
External fuel pump article...
Here's some AirTex external pumps.
External Pumps
