How often do Walbro pumps go bad?
I had a bad walbro too. It would lose pressure short;y after truning the car off, too. I noticed the problem because my car's fuel pressure would drop to nil when I was on boost.
Originally Posted by ttrank
Sweet!
Glad you found the problem and saved having to pull the pump.
How did you find the PCV issue?
Glad you found the problem and saved having to pull the pump.
How did you find the PCV issue?
I looked down and saw oil was leaking from the valve cover. So, I pulled 2 coils, and low and behold, it looked like the valve cover gasket was leaking, as there was about 1 ounce of oil in each coil tube - #5 was about 1/2 filled!!!
So - I also looked at my oil catch can - which collects about an ounce or 2 every month on average. I changed the PCV valve, after checking it and seeing that it was not opening all the way - put it all back together - all was suddenly perfectly fine!!
Since then - valve covers are dry and it all seems good. The problem I had, obviously, was a reverse 'vacuum leak' and potentially oil fouling. I changed the plugs yesterday - they were clean, but I can get NGK IX's for about $15 per set - so I swapped them anyway.
All in all - labor effort was the same - just a lot less messy and smelly - I was looking forward to the head rushes though
Rick
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