Holley blue electric lift pump
 

Are the Holley bulue electric pumps any good for diesels i have a few buddys running them and they seem to hold up but i had one on my 24v and at 2600 RPM my truck would run out of fuel???

Its about the cheapest solution to the lift pump problem. That being said, some guys have good luck with them and others dont. If you have one, go ahead and put it on - its not diesel rated and probably wont last very long.

Thats being said, the real solutions are Airdog, FASS or MITSUA.

well i already upgraded to fass i was just wondering why so many people use them but you answered that too thanks

Hope i dont sound too dumb but what is MITSUA? im assuming a lift pump but what is it and where does it come from?

I got my mitusa at Glacier Diesel,he calls it a "fuel boss"
Thing runs off a belt off the crankshaft,works great,I've had mine on for a couple of hundred k now,always 15psi,till the filter needs changed.
Mine was spendy,someone might know where to get a cheaper one.

I have a walbro pump and line kit from Glacier diesel. 20psi at idle and 15psi WOT, very nice and quiet little pump, supplies plenty of fuel and everything cost me about $240.

MITUSA...stands for

made in the USA:U:

i have a holley with a spin on prefilter and pushing around 500hp and it works great, i have all 1/2 line from the 1/2 drawstraw all the way to the vp 44, the key is to prefilter you fuel before it goes into the holley, if you take it apart you will see why, dirt and sludge will destroy it!

DD

I did the prefilter of the holley blue and it still died. After 3 it was time for something with a better warranty.

Does these holley blue pumps need 2 b used in combination with the regulator it often is sold with? I know they can build up a lot more than 15psi on its own w/o the regulator. so, for this application, does the vp44 and the head return line take care of bleeding the excess pressure? tks!

i had the holley and it kept dieing so i would advise all to upgrade to fass, airdog, ect... there alot more reliable.

I like the Airdog that I put on mom's truck,seemed to help the fuel mileage a little bit too.

I won't suggest a Holley Blue for anybody but if you want to use one save yourself a good amount of money and go to e-bay. There's a guy on there that sells Holley Look-a-likes for half the price and they even use the Holley rebuild kit's so you know they are the same thing. I know several guy's already using them in gas applications and have just as good a luck as they do with the name brand ones.

Also be careful with the prescreen on some of these pumps. You can safely use something more equivalent to a strainer and be fine. These are called Pusher Pumps because they have all the power in the world to push fuel but very little ability to suck fuel through the intake side. This is why the original Dodge design of locating the pump up in the front of the truck didn't work, they wouldn't pull fuel that far. As long as your using the factory fuel draw point you also already have a prescreen in the tank.

i ran them, several times, hated each one of those POS's, i blew at least 3 of them on a stock 98.5 24 valve before going with the fass. I never ran the tank near empty, if it got close to a quarter tank, id fill it up. diesel fuel is just slightly heavier then gas but that little wieght affects the pumps alot. dont waste the money, get an airdog or fass.