So I did a quick voltage drop and current draw and pump is only drawing 6 amps so I am suspecting the pump might be worn out. I'll do some more checking/pressure test to get a better picture but I might not be ordering another Delphi pump! The Rock Auto pic of the Delphi pump by itself now shows brown end caps on the pump same as the Spectra pump that was in the box and NOT the black end caps that the original Delphi pump has so might be something fishy going on!
It's funny (probably AI) that I had to say that I already installed the pump in order for my problem to accepted as "boxed wrong" otherwise it always came up with "we will only accept an original Delphi pump in return." I had another crazy AI thing come up before I ran into that which is why I even got the idea to switch up my input to try to get the proper response!

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1988 325is (purchased new) sold
2004 X5 3.0 2005 X3 2.5
2008 X5 3.0 (new to me)