Good Lead on Fuel Pump

[Cronenberged]

Anyone have good leads on our fuel pump? Are they really $400-500?

[ATB88]

For OE, I think the prices went up a few years ago :/ I remember there being a thread about this on the old forums

[Icecream]

You can fit a 255lph walbro. Get an installation kit and sleeve with it.

[Slideways]

Saw this on another post. The owner used the old fuel pump exterior as a sleeve for the replacement pump.

[Cubieman]

Did the same thing on an E60 M5 fuel pump, worked great. I bought an M3 pump years ago for when mine goes bad but would definitely consider just putting the walbro in. My M6 will be getting the walbro for sure when it's time.

[Cronenberged]

Is the Walbro good? My cars hitting 20 years old and wanted to refresh the fuel pump for maintenance as it nears 120k.

[Icecream]

Is the Walbro good? My cars hitting 20 years old and wanted to refresh the fuel pump for maintenance as it nears 120k.

Yes, no issues, quiet. I reused the sleeve too from the old pump but too much work if an install kit is available.

[simonnim]

Hella fuel pumps on bimmerworld.

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Hella-Fuel-Pump-Assembly-E46-M3.html

[E46 M3]

I bought the Hella branded pump, no idea if it's a rebranded china pump but it solved my 2nd crank issue that I lived with for years.

The quality of plastic seemed the same as the original pump I pulled out just shiny new.

[tlow98]

I bought the Hella branded pump, no idea if it's a rebranded china pump but it solved my 2nd crank issue that I lived with for years.

The quality of plastic seemed the same as the original pump I pulled out just shiny new.

Same with me. Been running well for a few months now. $99 bucks hard to pass up even as an experiment!

the fuel level sender electronics seemed to be different than OE but so far it works great. Also, comparing to a 21 year old pump… so you never know the OE pump could have received the same revisions.