New fuel pump - massive price difference?

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Nightshift
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Post Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:28 pm

Need a new fuel pump for a 1990 325i

Cotswold have quoted £316 inc. vat and delivery; I know the part is being delivered from Germany, but that's over double the cost of a bosch pump on eBay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat ... osch&rt=nc

What gives, and any justification for forking out double the cash?
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Post Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:47 pm

Chances are that the BMW pump is an exact replacement, while the ebay one is one that can be adapted to fit. If the pic. is of the actual item, I suspect that the ebay pump is shorter than the original, and the hose and clips are supplied to fill the gap where the original connector piece will not be long enough.
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Post Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:19 pm

Brian is it just an inline pump ,wouldnt you be better off paying £130 ish and getting a bosch 044 or something and adapting that to fit ,then when you decide to go turbo you will already have a good pump ?
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Post Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:54 pm

This seems cheap as chips is this OEM quality? understanding it is a BOSCH make and BMW use for few bosch parts as standard.
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Post Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:04 pm

I can supply this pump - £131 inc vat and delivery, exact fit and genuine quality, either Bosch or VDO
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Post Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:25 pm

Meatballs82 wrote:I can supply this pump - £131 inc vat and delivery, exact fit and genuine quality, either Bosch or VDO
And it will be quick,and as painless as spending £131 can be......
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Post Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:52 pm

I dunno..I can spend £131 pretty fast - especially with Meatballs on the other end of the phone! :)
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Post Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:16 pm

Morat wrote:I dunno..I can spend £131 pretty fast - especially with Meatballs on the other end of the phone! :)
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Post Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:43 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Chances are that the BMW pump is an exact replacement, while the ebay one is one that can be adapted to fit. If the pic. is of the actual item, I suspect that the ebay pump is shorter than the original, and the hose and clips are supplied to fill the gap where the original connector piece will not be long enough.
Thanks for the info Brian.

Meatballs - good to know. 85% sure the fault is with the fuel pump, but gonna check connections etc. before forking out.
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