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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 01:49 PM
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Post Warning to those with Walbro 255's

Hey guys, i wrote up a thread about 3 days ago about how i was having a boost problem, turns out that it was my fuel pump. It wasnt the pump itself, oh no, it was the grommet (a little S*itty rubber piece on top of the pump) that cracked in half. So im just informing you guys, that if you ever have a weird vaccum problem, or your car idles oddly, check that little piece whenever you have a chance.

PS: sorry if this is a repost, i just dont want anyone to waste money on a new pump to find out thats not the problem.
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 01:52 PM
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I just bought mine too, hopefully I don't have the same problem.
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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thanks for the input.
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:24 PM
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little f**king gromets will give you all kinds of grief...sorry to hear about that, thanks for the heads up
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:30 PM
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wonder if you just got one with a dried out crappy grommet. There are a million walbros out there.... probably just bad luck man...
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:32 PM
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i remember reading that u were leaning out at start up real bad and people were considering u needed a reflash, glad to hear it was just a grommet and u got the problem fixed!
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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good 2 know
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:43 PM
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thanks for the info!
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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Woo thanks for the warning
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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thnx for the info
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 06:14 PM
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did you put any oil on the grommet or something that might have ate the rubber?
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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thanks for the input
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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i think i used the stock ones.
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by AD_LIB
little f**king gromets will give you all kinds of grief...sorry to hear about that, thanks for the heads up
Yea you found out the hard way that grommets need to be replaced.
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