I want to buy a Walbro #GSL392 fuel pump. Amazon has a great price and with Prime, they'll ship it for free, except.... Not to California. I talk to my friendly India-based CSR for Amazon and he mentions that they have the same problem with Catalytic Converters. Well I can understand that, but I've never heard of a 49-state restriction on a fuel pump before. Seriously?
Anything emission-related, it sounds.
It could also be a distributor issue with Walbro.
I wish it was in-tank so that it'd be quieter, but no, I need an inliner. Thanks anyway.
It's 49 state related. Not an Amazon issue.
06HHR
Reader
7/29/14 12:49 p.m.
Got any relatives out of state? Ship to them and have them ship to you?
Same problem I had with purchasing a Pacesetter header from them. Ended up buying it off ebay instead
I can get it from other sources. I just don't get the logic. If it was an emission item it'd be understandable. There must be some other factor at play.
wbjones
UltimaDork
7/29/14 1:42 p.m.
odds are it's some sort of distributions issue … same as some states and some brands of tires from TR (or it used to be)
kreb wrote:
I can get it from other sources. I just don't get the logic. If it was an emission item it'd be understandable. There must be some other factor at play.
A fuel pump probably is considered an "emission item".
California wants all 1994 and older cars off the road in the next 10 years or something stupid like that so that may be part of it. The cat thing has been like that a few years, its ridiculous that they are starting to do it with other stuff though. Factory fuel pumps are often $600+, so that will certainly mean a lot of cars get scrapped when they fail.
California certainly wants older cars off the road, but I don't think that they're being that proactive about it. I paid ten bucks more and got it through ebay. I tried several local vendors first, but evidently Walbro's an off brand around here.
bmwbav
Reader
7/29/14 2:25 p.m.
Had to double check my orders, I bought that pump from Amazon in January of this year, shipped to California. Must have changed the policy recently, and the price, damn, I paid $125 for it in January.
Californians always talk about how great their car culture is. A few good tracks with common track days in socal as well. Then you have E36 M3 like this.
I have nothing to add except that I thought someone mixed an old Volvo with a Ferrari.
kanaric wrote:
Californians always talk about how great their car culture is. A few good tracks with common track days in socal as well. Then you have E36 M3 like this.
How does this change the car culture? It's a regulatory issue.
Travis_K wrote:
California wants all 1994 and older cars off the road in the next 10 years or something stupid like that...
People have been effectively saying the same thing for 20+ years.
The reality is, very few pre-90's car are driven daily and I think that reality has hit. Lots of old cars around, very few are driven regularly, thus the popularity of car shows and cars & coffee type gatherings.