# Electric fuel pumps **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-fuel-pumps/12527 "2008-04-03T16:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ddd2757](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@ddd2757](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ddd2757)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-fuel-pumps/12527/1 "2008-04-03T16:25:10Z")
!979 triumph spitfire. I have an electric fuel pump connected to the gas tank. It never lasts more than a couple of months before it goes out. It is a generic after market brand. Any ideas? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-fuel-pumps/12527/2 "2008-04-03T16:54:58Z")
Install a fuel filter before the fuel pump. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-fuel-pumps/12527/3 "2008-04-03T17:12:27Z")
another possibility could be if the tank is not vented properly. maybe the pump is being overworked by constantly having to draw from a tank that is trying to maintain a vacuum. also agree with the fuel filter which one would hope? has been replaced. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-fuel-pumps/12527/4 "2008-04-03T18:11:37Z")
Good thought. You do well with that pencil eraser. get well.