i installed my walbro 255 and it does not prime when i turn the key is this normal. the car wont start but i can hear the fuel pump prime once i start to crank it. can someone please give me an explanation for this i searched but no results had the answers i was looking for. i have tried starting it alot and i cannot get it to start. the lines were empty but idk if it is just taking a long time to get fuel to the motor?

 

Double check all connections at the fuel pump and assembly. Are you able to smell any gas?

 

keep cranking till it starts.

 

how long i have been doing it for like 10 mins and im still getting nothing.

 

It shouldnt take that long for the car to start up. Something is not hooked up right. If you keep trying to start it like that you could end up burning up the starter.

 

what else could be the problem then i have double checked everything, i also did it without an install kit because many said it was not necessary

 

When you seated the fuel pump into the hanger, did you re-use/re-install that black crown looking piece? It sits on top of the fuel pump and "snaps" into place when you push it up into the hanger. If it didn't snap into place, the fuel will be pumping, but back into the tank and not into the lines.

Did you pull the fuse under the hood before install? You should have...but either way check it out.

 

Did you actually pull out the fuel pump assembly out of the fuel tank to double check it?

Are all the connections on top installed correctly?

 

everything is installed correctly and we did pull it out to double check everything and everything is good so i really dont know what it could be. i hear the fuel pump turn on when the car is trying to start and i tested to make sure the fuel pump did work so i have no idea as to why it will not work. *

 

disconnect the line at the fuel rail and see if you have fuel up there.

 

I know it sounds crazy, but one of the local guys here had a dead beat walbro. It powered on, just wouldn't push any fuel. He replaced it, and the new one is fine. I guess the only thing left to try is put the stock pump back in and see if it starts up.

 

so after trying many many times to start i finally got it to start but it will not idle and is misfiring like it is lacking fuel, idk what is going on with this has anyone ever had this problem. everytime i start it starts and goes to about 2k rpm then it falls and tries to idle until it finally fails and stalls.

 

someone must know what i should do about this?

 

You most likely have a defective pump. Put the original back in, if it works, get another Walboro pump.

 

i have been hearing problems about the rubber grommet i dont know if its a defective pump bc i tested to see if it works and the pump does work