Walbro install.

[James]

Well yesterday I tried to install my new pump. Come to find out the Wally is about 1/2 in longer than the stock an it smacks the bottom of the tank! I got so pissed off that I put the stock pump back in and put the car back up for sale haha.

But now today it was hard to start and ran like sh*t?!?

I assume this is only a galant GSX issue with the pump not fitting and not a vr4 issue. One of them stupid little changes they made.

What can I do to fix this!?

 

[James]

Found and answered my own question. Weird that I searched here as couldn't find it but I searched google and got linked to an old thread here.

I guess 2g pumps are what's needed for a direct bolt on. Seems like ill have to cut the line and use a rubber fuel line.

Anyone who has done this before ease reply or PM me

 

[iceman69510]

Not knowing what part you are using, and also not knowing if the fuel sending units are the same between the two cars, I had a similar issues. My walbro would contact the bottom of the tank and I could not get the top to seal properly on the gasket. Eventually I replaced it with my spare stock pump from my other car.

 

[James]

Luckily for me it was an upgrade and not a fix so I got to put my old pump back in to get me by.

I would like to talk to someone who has had to do this before (butting the hard line and replacing with soft line) so I can make sure I get it right.

 

[EHmotorsports]

on 1865 i used a 1g pump hanger and had to cut it down. but in my build on the bottom of page 1 you can at least get an idea of what it should look like with the hose attached.

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another thing to add. measure the hangar with stock pump with sock filter to get the correct depth. then cut the pipe accordingly so you have at least 1/2" space from the mettle line to the pump hose fitting.

 

[James]

Alright. Do I still need to reuse the cap/Oring/spacer deal that fit up into the flare? Sorry if that's answered in your build thread ill read that when I go on break

 

[EHmotorsports]

no i didn't add that info. I cut the flare all the way off so i didn't need to use the o ring. Just make sure you use whatever seat and seal for the filter sock.

Another thing to add. After cutting the flare off you need to take a file and clean the sharp bits off the tube inside and out. Then clean with brake clean or some cleaner that evaporates. sand paper also works just takes longer.

 

[James]

Pump and AFPR are in. Waiting on my lower shores boost control to kick it up a notch /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[AWDPower]

I used a GGSX housing on my GVR4 and it was a perfect fit. I found the housing in a GGSX in a wrecking yard. The weird thing was that it didn't have a flared hood like the stock GVR4 housing, it had a metal tube with a short piece of rubber line to the pump. It looked factory, not cut. I believe the metal tube even had a bead to hold the hose on.

 

[James]

Well Im pretty positive I'm the first person to go into the tank, the lack of flare and the rubber hose sounds like someone already did what I had to do to get mine to fit.

 

[BpuVR4]

i was really nervous about doing the pump on mine, esp after finding out i ordered the "other" one, only to find out when I got it out all the necessary mods were in place for a plug and play, there's a thread about it here. I thought I had an original pump in there (do they last this long?) only to be very wrong.