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jupiter57

Diamond Member
Nov 18, 2001
4,600
3
71
Distance to Empty: 71 Miles!
LOL, 2 Gal. gas?
You'll be lucky if you get 50K miles before your fuel pump burns up if you keep that up.

Maybe I'm paranoid, but I always fill up before I get down to 1/4 tank.
Fuel pumps are expensive and too darned hard to change!

Maybe you just don't know how fuel pumps work.

I know exactly how they work.
Fuel pump sits in the gas tank, using gasoline as a coolant.
Gas level gets low, fuel pump runs hot.
Overheated fuel pump fails sooner.
Everyone knows this.
 

mb

Lifer
Jun 27, 2004
10,233
2
71
Distance to Empty: 71 Miles!
LOL, 2 Gal. gas?
You'll be lucky if you get 50K miles before your fuel pump burns up if you keep that up.

Maybe I'm paranoid, but I always fill up before I get down to 1/4 tank.
Fuel pumps are expensive and too darned hard to change!
Yeah you are paranoid. If someone taught you that they were full of shit.