« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2014, 06:57:53 PM »
Inline pumps are horrible. I have a Hesco MPI kit and a Howell TBI kit, and both used inline pumps on the transmission skid plate. They both suck horribly and I will never use another inline pump again.
They burn out about once a year because they don't cool well and are very fragile to filtration.
Hesco wants $140 for a replacement. A comparable in tank pump costs about $30 if you order a stock unit off Rockauto and adapt it to the AMC pickup tube.
They are very very loud and annoying.
If you run out of gas you must unplug the input line and let gas flow out all over the place until the air is gone and you can push the line back on the pump while cursing. The inline pumps cannot prime themselves even if you top the gas tank off completely.
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