When I brought my vehicle in to have water pump/input manifold gasket/radiator replaced the other day, somebody commented that my fuel pump was making an awful lot of noise.
My experience has been that some are noisier than others... but now that somebody's said it, this thing *does* seem tb noisier than I recall.
Sounds (no pun intended) like a pre-emptive replacement might be in order.
But all this begs a question.
Given that:
---------------------------------------------- - Fuel pumps do inevitably wear out - A fuel pump failure strands you - The fuel pump can't really be replaced in the field (i.e. tough luck if the thing dies on Saturday afternoon...)
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Does anybody put in a backup fuel pump?
i.e. the backup just sits there until the first one fails and then there's some way to cut over to the backup.
Unimpeded by any real knowledge, I see it as fairly straightforward: A mod to the gas tank, some plumbing, and a cutover switch.