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Old 02-05-2014, 05:15 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by pothole View Post
I run my down to fumes routinely, to the point where the OBC stops displaying the range and the needle is below zero - most tanks for the last 50,000 miles (now on over 120,000) and I rarely even put half a tank in, so it happens a lot. Needless to say, haven't had any problems.

Not saying it couldn't cause a problem. But based on doing it over and over and over and not having a problem, I would suggest occasionally running it down is a total non issue.
Needless to say, we see our share of dead and dying fuel pumps; one common denominator ones that have gone bad is people running the fuel level low repeatedly. Either Excellence or Panorama has mentioned the same observation; the pumps do not like being overheated.
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