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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
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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I don't know about these cars, but every time I had to replace an electric fuel pump for a friend, they tended to run their fuel tanks between empty and 1/2 full. It is a well understood theory (fact) that when you run low on gas on a regular basis in the hotter months you tend to run the fuel pump hotter and as a result the vanes swell and eventually you cause the pump to fail prematurely. It cost no more money to run it between 1/2 tank and full tank.
