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airtex FOOL PUMPS!

beware anyjuan who is purchasing in the tank gm fuel pumps there is a design flaw inherent in design. ASK ME HOW I ******* KNOW!

had fuel pump die in silver city new messiko on my 99 GMC K-1500, went to autozone on sat of labor day weekend. ended up with hillbilly wrench(only guy around-everything closed),
pump changed out with bobcat with fork lift on the dirt, in a hazmat waste superfund site. rain clouds everywhere. more fun than i could stand. pump died at 8am left silver city at 7pm.

just had fuel pump die again! FUCH ME SILLY! full tank fuel. anyway took to buddies shop. hunted fished with them for over 35 years. they tell me their horror stories of replacing 3 fuel pumps in one vehicle. get district manager in from airtex. he states "we have a inherent design flaw" thats all it took for me to run with.

$567 bucks may be chump change but when you have multi vehicles it starts to add up plus aggravation factor going thru roof stuck on side of freeway with idiots trying to kill you at 75mph.

so off i go to autozone h.q. with all my receipts and the POS pump.

3 people in the wrench biz have said they WILL NEVER USE AIRTEX products again!!!

hecho in messiko???? NOPE! hecho in china? NOPE! made here in the good 'ol USA FAIRFIELD, ILLINOIS!!!!

this is why U.S. mfgs. go out of biz! crap ******* Q.C.

AC/DELCO this time. probably made in uganda/somali or some place that has better Q. C.
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