Leave it to the [former] college kid to drive for two weeks, on E, after
the fuel light came on....LOL.
Michael Maskalans wrote:
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>
> On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:12, Terrible Tom wrote:
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>> The reason you are not supposed to run an electricl fuel pump dry -
>> whereas you could sit and do it all night long to an old carbed
>> engine and a mechanical pump, ie because the electric pumps use the
>> lubricating properties of the fuel - to keep all its peices working
>> right. Even more critical for diesels.
>
>
> gasoline has almost no lubricity. This is VITAL for oilburners of any
> era though - the higher pressure the pump the more important. The
> argument always used for the Dodge in-tank pumps is cooling. I don't
> know whether that's true or false but I've put more than 20 gallons
> into my tank about 30 times out of 330 logged fillups, and I'm still on
> the original pump at 146000 miles. (lifetime MPG 12.3)
>
>
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