I Think I Might Hold A Record

stillen · February 27, 2008

I'm thinking this might be some sort of record.. I got 215k miles on my original fuel pump. Last Friday, my truck died IN the dunkin donuts drive through. I had just filled up, so my first thought was bad gas. I went under the hood and pushed on the schrader value, and found no fuel pressure. Went under and banged the crap outta my tank with my snow brush, gave it a quick crank, and she turned over, but only enough for me to move ten feet or so. Also did the quick relay swap just to make sure....

Confirmed it was the fuel pump.. Siphoned tank, dropped tank, found out it WAS the original pump. The lock ring was very rusty, and the fuel pump had these tags on it, my buddy said "thats the original, you got lucky"...Took only 2.5 hours to remove and replace.... Shes all better now, and a PLUS, my gas gauge works.......

Just as a note, thats the only problem I had with this fuel pump, the gas gauge was flaky....I never had a whine at all from the fuel pump, it just quit... Thank the GM gods it didn't die on me while I had my snowmobile trailer while I was in Magog Canada last month, almost 6 hours from home in the dark freezing cold weather all alone, where AAA doesnt even go.......

Mike

01 GMC, sierra, z71, ext cab, 5.3l

jrrod2004 · February 27, 2008

lot of miles for an '01 but it is nice to see OEM parts lasting for a long time (or mileage)

99silverado1500 · February 27, 2008

ive seen em last longer but still pretty good run for a GM pump. Mines noisy but should be fine for a while.

d3athsong · February 28, 2008

Went under and banged the crap outta my tank with my snow brush, gave it a quick crank, and she turned over, but only enough for me to move ten feet or so.

Ive never heard of that happening before. Usually once it starts the fuel keeps flowing till you turn it off. Not sure if 215k is a record, but it is a pretty good run.

pm26 · February 28, 2008

lot of miles for an '01 but it is nice to see OEM parts lasting for a long time (or mileage)

GM took care of that on newer trucks. Those OEM parts will not last nearly that long.

dreman · February 28, 2008

250k before mine died last year.

Zembonez · February 28, 2008

I hope it died AFTER you got your coffee and donuts!

Can't really complain about one that lasts that long.

Chestah · February 28, 2008

I got one of the pumps that refused to make it past 100k.

SilveradoCJ7 · February 28, 2008

Man you guys are lucky my last 3 chevy's the fuel pump went under 100k miles. I am hoping the 06 will make it till I trade around 70k miles later next year.

strafingmoose · February 28, 2008

lot of miles for an '01 but it is nice to see OEM parts lasting for a long time (or mileage)

GM took care of that on newer trucks. Those OEM parts will not last nearly that long.

Do you consider a 2003 a "newer" truck?

MustGoFaster · March 7, 2008

it's not a gm, but my former 4wd vehicle - a 93 grand cherokee currently has over 300k on it - original fuel pump. original water pump finally died at about 305k. back of the envelope calculations came up with about 2 BILLION rev's on the bearings.