reusing old fuel pump?

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May 19, 2006 | 09:48 AM
  #1  
I recently purchased a 1992 formula with 5.7 TPI. It needs a fuel pump as the pressure does not hold once the pump stops. Already replaced injectors and AFPR.

Anyways, I have a TPI pump from my 1991 formula. I took itout about 6 years ago when I upgraded to a 255 pump and it has been sitting in a box ever since. It had 28,000 miles on it when I pulled it.

Should I reuse it? Is there anything that can go bad from being in contact with fuel and then sitting for a long time?
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May 19, 2006 | 10:10 AM
  #2  
Connect power and run it in a mild solvent breifly to make sure it flows any accumulated crud out of it. I would suspect that the storage would not have harmed it in any way, other than the residual varnish that would have been left after all the fuel evaporated off.
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May 19, 2006 | 10:43 PM
  #3  
Idk, see a fuel pump is not something that you'd want to have replaced. If you do have a problem with the pump, you are going to have to go through the entire process of re-installing it. Even if it does work out fine, it is already 6 years old, and 6 years closer to having to put a new one in.

Imo, i would just take the safe route and get a brand new pump, and save myself the hassle in the long run. I love it when I have free parts lying around that I can use, but a fuel pump wouldn't be one of them.
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May 20, 2006 | 03:10 AM
  #4  
one more vote for new. unless you hack a hole in your car, changing the fuel pump is a PITA, why do it more often then you have too? buy a new one.
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