Does your C5 have pump whine?
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Melting Slicks
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Does your C5 have pump whine?
I've heard the left fuel pump whining on a number of C5's and can't remember if I've been in one without it (radio drowns it out maybe, or I'm on the other side of the car). Do they do it from new or does the pump just start getting noisy over time? Did Chevy ever improve the design or add more sound deadening over the C5 run? Anyone add some sound proofing themselves and gotten rid of it?
I would like to be educated on this before the day I get a C5, cause the car I was just working on had it and I don't want a car doing this. Ever since this 69 Firebird I had, had an electric pump on the tank and it was loud as hell.
I would like to be educated on this before the day I get a C5, cause the car I was just working on had it and I don't want a car doing this. Ever since this 69 Firebird I had, had an electric pump on the tank and it was loud as hell.
Last edited by Ibuyvettes; Oct 7, 2006 at 09:21 PM.
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Can't even here the pump at all! Although I might not let the pump whine defer me from buying a Nice Vette! IMHO! If the price is right and the car is unreal then go with the purchase and fix the whining later or have 'em take a little off for the fix!
Thanks,Matt
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I didn't vote because there wasn't an applicable choice for me. I can hear my fuel pump, at least I could for about the 1st month of driving it.
I guess I got use to it and now i only notice it when I 1st turn the key on. Then again, I guess it could be my B&B Bullets too! At any rate, it never bothered me.
I guess I got use to it and now i only notice it when I 1st turn the key on. Then again, I guess it could be my B&B Bullets too! At any rate, it never bothered me.
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Originally Posted by Ibuyvettes
I've heard the left fuel pump whining on a number of C5's and can't remember if I've been in one without it (radio drowns it out maybe, or I'm on the other side of the car). Do they do it from new or does the pump just start getting noisy over time? Did Chevy ever improve the design or add more sound deadening over the C5 run? Anyone add some sound proofing themselves and gotten rid of it?
I would like to be educated on this before the day I get a C5, cause the car I was just working on had it and I don't want a car doing this. Ever since this 69 Firebird I had, had an electric pump on the tank and it was loud as hell.
I would like to be educated on this before the day I get a C5, cause the car I was just working on had it and I don't want a car doing this. Ever since this 69 Firebird I had, had an electric pump on the tank and it was loud as hell.
Bill
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I can hear my pump for a couple seconds when I first start the car and the system is being pressurized, but nothing after that. On the other hand my buddy ownes a '97 and his pump is loud as hell all the time...
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No pump whine here, but our car has the resigned FFS fuel system introduced partway through model year 2003:
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No pump whine that I can tell on mine. Between the radio and the exhaust, I probably couldn't hear it anyway unless it was really loud.
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Honestly, it doesn't bother me... background noise... theres far more irritating things like interior rattles that get under my skin...
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