Fuel pump dilemna

[fatherdoug]

I am leaking oil out from behind the fuel pump gasket(this is a first for me). I can change the gasket, but the fuel pump is about 5 years old(from NAPA). The pump has performed flawlessly, unlike the previous 5 I installed before this one. I don't want to replace the gasket, and then have the pump fail.

Since buying parts from parts houses can be a crapshoot anymore, does someone have a source for a reliable fuel pump, and no, I don't want electric.

I'm not after cheap, I'm after reliable.

Any thoughts, suggestions, crude comments about my ancestors, or my aversion to sheep, etc, will be welcomed with open arms.

1978 F-150 with 400 engine.

 

[LEB Ben]

Carter...and stay far far away from Holley mechanical pumps.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/crt-m6978/overview/make/ford

After fiddling with electric pumps, high volume pumps, performance pumps, holley, edelbrock, box stores, etc etc...I've never had a problem or needed to replace a carter.

 

[fatherdoug]

Gotcha! Do you have a source?

 

[LEB Ben]

^^^Updated...

 

[fatherdoug]

Thank you, Sir! Does it come with a gasket, and is it a thick gasket material? Part of the problem is the paper thin gaskets that come with fuel pumps....... I can buy additional gaskets at the only parts house in town, but they are the same cheap FTF that comes with the pump.

 

[LEB Ben]

Honestly...can't remember if one came with or not. And I've only ever used paper gasket...with a smearing of rtv black.

 

[fatherdoug]

Thank You, Ben. I was referring to gasket material like Felpro vs cheap a** gaskets that come with the pump. The Summit picture shows a gasket with the pump, so I am assuming................ I have made my own in the past. They're not pretty, but they work.

 

[kiwi f150]

Woollen gasket???

 

[LEB Ben]

Gotcha...my fuel pumps aren't that classy, they just get the paper/rtv treatment.

 

[fatherdoug]

Woollen gasket???

Please explain, Mark!

 

[smokey]

I just buy a sheet of the good gasket material and cut my own. I toss those paper one away they leak to often and way to easy.

 

[m78]

I got mine from summit and used the paper.

 

[G.O. Stang]

I've honestly never had an issue with airtex pumps. I know they're a cheap parts store brand, but they've never caused me any trouble. And I just bought a felpro gasket at the same time when I replaced my pump. Not an issue since.

 

[fatherdoug]

Thanks for the replies, all!

 

[DNFXDLI]

You might want to give Tim Meyer a call Doug, his prices are comparable to Summit.

 

[fatherdoug]

Thank You, Duncan.

 

[kiwi f150]

Please explain, Mark!

Sorry for late reply Doug - what i meant was try using a felt gasket if you are having a constant oil seep from around the pump - sometimes they'll seal better than paper and silicone.

 

[fatherdoug]

I just buy a sheet of the good gasket material and cut my own. I toss those paper one away they leak to often and way to easy.

I've done that in the past also.

I got mine from summit and used the paper.

Never has this problem before!

You might want to give Tim Meyer a call Doug, his prices are comparable to Summit.

Waiting for a reply from Tim Meyer. I looked in their vendor catalogs, but didn't find a pump for the 351M/400.

Sorry for late reply Doug - what i meant was try using a felt gasket if you are having a constant oil seep from around the pump - sometimes they'll seal better than paper and silicone.

Thnaks for the explanation, Mark. I don't think I've ever used a felt gasket.