Walbro 190 direct replacement?

[DragonofBC]

I was under the assumption that the walbro pumps were direct replacements for the stock fuel pump. I tried doing it myself but my driveway is a bit slanted and the car fell off the jack (whoops). I took it to a dealer to have them put it in (I was having the clutch master replaced also) and they told me it would require a new pump housing and it would cost me $700(!?!?). I'm pretty sure that is BS but I wanted to ask all of your professional opinions.

Oh yeah, they still charged me $88 for this knowledge.

[sganc4life_4]

Its a direct replacement, you can reuse the housing.

[DragonofBC]

those bastards

[sganc4life_4]

lol, yea, did you ever check vfaq.com? they have a really good write up on it

[DragonofBC]

I did. I had it in hand when I tried doing it. I figured it wouldn't be a problem for some licensed techs to do it. I just wanted a sanity check.

I might try calling them out on it but I probably won't get anywhere. I actually had to drop my car off again today because after they changed the clutch master cyl, I still had to pump it to get it to disengage. I probably shouldn't have them do the pump now that I think about it...

[sganc4life_4]

no lol, i would make them give you an 88$ credit on your master cylinder too. Print out information and show them that they were wrong so they owe you money lol.

[Skugulgurk]

I'm not sure if you spiffy "4g63" guys have the same in tank pump that I have but... When I swapped my pump the 255 was like a half inch longer than the stock one. It to would NOT fit in the stock housing. I had to modify the housing for it to work. Okay so this is my AWESOME picture of how I altered the housing bracket.

IIIII = bottom part of bracket

lllll = Top part of bracket


.lll ┌──────────┐
.lll ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
.lll ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
.lll ║▒ new pmp.▓║
.lll ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
.lll ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
<---- stock mounting hole for 2nd part of bracket
.lll ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
.lll ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
lllII║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
lllII║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
lllII║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
<---- New hole drilled half inch down back of bracket
lllII║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓║
lllII╙──────────╜
..II █████████
..IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
.........█████

if that's what they are talking about a drill and five minutes could save you $700