Bought my Walbro 255LPH, Aug 13th 2019 (on eBay), and it just went out last night Dec 11th 2020. No warning! Just crapped out on the interstate. Got off the interstate, to the red light. Light turned green and she was popping, farting, jerking. In and out power. Limped a few more miles, and that was it. Could not get enough juice to take off from a dead stop. As if every time I stopped and went to take off, the pump went from 60PSI, to 40, then to 30, 10, 5. I pulled in a parking lot, and killed it, and I do not hear shit coming from my tank. I could clearly hear the pump before when I turned the key. "It did last a little over a year, but considering the Nissan OEM lasted from 1993 till 2019, that's not saying much." Mine looked like the top of the "W" on the pump was worn as well. I thought maybe it was a factory refurb. BUYER BEWARE ON EBAY! Not fun removing my bed to do this job. Sucks a little over a year later and I have to do it all over again. Plus a $200 tow charge, to get my truck home. Because you KNOW it had to crap out as far away from home as possible! :(
From what I've read, the fakes use a plastic impeller instead of the metal gerotor in a genuine Walbro, which will work, just not the same as the Walbro. The knockoffs also have been reported to cut out around 80psi, so in high pressure systems on performance vehicles it is not a good choice. Aside from that, considering that so much effort has been put into copying Walbro's product appearance and probably not R&D, it's probably not going to last very long, as you can tell by the bad reviews of the pump by people who have unknowingly bought a fake one. Short answer: A fake will likely work, just not very well and not for very long.
Bought my Walbro 255LPH, Aug 13th 2019 (on eBay), and it just went out last night Dec 11th 2020.
No warning! Just crapped out on the interstate. Got off the interstate, to the red light.
Light turned green and she was popping, farting, jerking. In and out power.
Limped a few more miles, and that was it. Could not get enough juice to take off from a dead stop.
As if every time I stopped and went to take off, the pump went from 60PSI, to 40, then to 30, 10, 5.
I pulled in a parking lot, and killed it, and I do not hear shit coming from my tank. I could clearly hear the pump before when I turned the key.
"It did last a little over a year, but considering the Nissan OEM lasted from 1993 till 2019, that's not saying much."
Mine looked like the top of the "W" on the pump was worn as well. I thought maybe it was a factory refurb.
BUYER BEWARE ON EBAY!
Not fun removing my bed to do this job. Sucks a little over a year later and I have to do it all over again.
Plus a $200 tow charge, to get my truck home. Because you KNOW it had to crap out as far away from home as possible! :(
is the fake junk
From what I've read, the fakes use a plastic impeller instead of the metal gerotor in a genuine Walbro, which will work, just not the same as the Walbro. The knockoffs also have been reported to cut out around 80psi, so in high pressure systems on performance vehicles it is not a good choice. Aside from that, considering that so much effort has been put into copying Walbro's product appearance and probably not R&D, it's probably not going to last very long, as you can tell by the bad reviews of the pump by people who have unknowingly bought a fake one.
Short answer: A fake will likely work, just not very well and not for very long.