Hi Mark,

I noted the web site details in an email to Chuck... we both think that
the website is probably wrong.

The vanagon doesn't really need more than 35 psi, since the fuel
pressure regulator opens up and dumps excess fuel back to the tank as
soon as that pressure is achieved.

There were euro-spec vanagons with carburetors, so it isn't impossible
that NAPA would list a fuel pump with 4-6 PSI for that application.

My wife's sunroof bus needs a new fuel pump, so I will probably be
visiting NAPA real soon...

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 2-Oct-04, at 11:43 AM, Mark Edwards wrote:

>>    I have been using a fuel pump for one of the Ford Bronco/Ranger
>> vehicles that has a Bosch look-alike fuel injection system much like
>> our
>> Vanagons. The NAPA part # is 2P74028,  and the price is around $60.00.
>
>
> I looked this up on the NAPA site and the very brief specs say it is
> 30-40
> GPH and the pressure is 4-6
>
> I then checked on an 89 Bronco with 2.9l and the only  ones I found
> were
> the in-tank variety, but they were rated at a pressure of 40
>
> Looking up the pump for a Vanagon,  got several choices, all of which
> were
> in the 30-40 GPH range, but the pressure varied from 2.5-4.5 all the
> way
> up to 73, which is certainly higher than most pumps I came across for a
> variety of  vehicles. Do all Vanangon pumps need that much pressure?
>
> I also came across a "universal" pump listed under Vanagon, that is not
> the cylinder shape of our pumps, but it was an odd looking square part.
> The number is  BK 6101051 rated at 30 GPH and 2.5 - 4.5 pressure, and
> only
> $35.....
>
> Now, I am not about to use this on my van as the full time pump, but
> what
> about having it as a spare? Does a pressure  rating of 2.5-4.5 fit any
> minimum spec for the vanagon?
>
> The mount is totally different, but a little work up front with some
> pre-drilled holes, would allow it to be hung down there in the event
> of an
> emergency.
>
> Anyway, why the difference in pressure specs? Does it really matter,
> and
> given the proper inlet and outlet sizes, wouldn't something like this
> strange looking pump be a good spare? For $35, I would carry one of
> those
> around with me just in case.
>
> Mark
>
>