# Trouble with Walbro fuel pump **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [June 2, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071 "2011-06-02T07:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![s14rb25](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s14rb25/32/5763_2.png) [@s14rb25](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s14rb25)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/1 "2011-06-02T07:57:50Z")
i installed a walbro fuel pump in my s14 and noticed that it wasnt pumping any fuel so i : -took the pump out of my car and submerged it in fuel in a container and tried to run it again, still nothing just makes noise - then i took the sock off it in case the sock was plugging something and i took the rubber hose off the other end and put it back in all it did was make noise and swirl fuel around and spit it back out through the same hole. Nothing came out of the pump on the other end where its supposed to pump out the fuel Anyone know whats going on? bad fuel pump or what? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/2 "2011-06-02T08:07:22Z")
sounds like it. (bad pump) ---
**Author:** ![s14rb25](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s14rb25/32/5763_2.png) [@s14rb25](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s14rb25)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/3 "2011-06-02T08:11:35Z")
has any one else had this problem or heard of it, is it known to have this problem sometimes? ---
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/4 "2011-06-02T08:31:26Z")
I think this is the same problem my car is having. When I turn the car in ignition the pump makes a creaking noise then doesnt prime. Its odd because I just bought this pump about a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![s14rb25](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s14rb25/32/5763_2.png) [@s14rb25](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s14rb25)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/5 "2011-06-02T08:35:15Z")
hmm weird… ill probaly just trade up for a new pump i guess and see what happens…i cant really think of any other reason why it would do that i need to get this done asap ---
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/6 "2011-06-02T08:36:29Z")
Hmm let me know how it goes. Ill probably have to switch mine ---
**Author:** ![Clutchfire](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clutchfire/32/5654_2.png) [@Clutchfire](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clutchfire)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/7 "2011-06-02T08:58:47Z")
this really isn’t that weird. most likely the propeller is jammed or the shaft is just spinning in the center of it. So guess what. Unless you can pull it apart and repair the propeller, its garbage. Sorry man. best of luck that I’m wrong but its really the same design as a boat pump and i know how those work. ---
**Author:** ![s14rb25](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s14rb25/32/5763_2.png) [@s14rb25](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s14rb25)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/8 "2011-06-02T09:03:40Z")
well i solved the problem! for some reason i hooked the wiring up backwards :S switched it up and works perfect now thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trouble-with-walbro-fuel-pump/213071/9 "2011-06-02T18:32:07Z")
Hmm, guess mine is broken then lol. Cause it was running perfectly for a year