2007-07-11 06:31:49 · 20 answers · asked by Alex S 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Jeep
No
2007-07-11 06:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by prettysprinklestaryumyum 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
There are some that say the fuel helps to cool the pump. Heat increases electrical resistance and increases wear on the pump. It's possible that keeping the pump submerged as much as possible extends its life.
Others say this is pretty dubious. You'd be pretty lucky to have a fuel pump last for the life of a car (assuming you change the oil and maintain the car properly). On the other hand, you'd be extremely lucky if the car lasted long enough to require the fuel pump to be replaced twice.
If there is an advantage to keeping the fuel pump submerged, it's pretty small.
Edit: I do have one problem about the idea that the crud settles on the bottom. Doesn't the sloshing from accelerating and decelerating stir up the crud? If you have gotten enough crud into your gas tank to clog up the filter screen to the pump, your pump is going to die regardless of how much fuel you have in it.
2007-07-11 13:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who told you that, but surely they were fooling with you. You can run the tank to fumes and the fuel pump isn't going to blow up. I'm sure that if that was a regular occurance, there would be many, many lawsuits against all car manufacturers. The only thing you should worry about is finding the money to put more gas in the tank!!!!
2007-07-11 13:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by John H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WHAT!! Okay I guess the truck should of blew up a little ago cause I had less than a 1/4 left. I just fueled up. I believe this to be false. If it was true I think there would of been a recall on this issue.
2007-07-11 19:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by CherishTheMoment 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I never heard of that but I'm not a mechanic. My daughter-in-law and sons drive on vapors all the time and no explosion to date. I have heard that the residue in the bottom of a tank can clog fuel lines, filter, etc., so I try not to drive on an empty tank for that reason--right or wrong, I don't know.
2007-07-11 13:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by Darby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but it can cause the fuel pump to overheat and eventually fail from overheating. The fuel keeps the fuel pump cool.
2007-07-11 22:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no fuel pumps don't go boom, the most damage a fuel pump will do is stop pumping cutting the gas from the engine, and that only happen when running really low alot it burns the pump up
2007-07-11 13:37:21 · answer #7 · answered by Nick 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. Now there is truth that the bottom of your gas tank is where the crud settles. So when you run your tank to the bottom, your pump sucks up the minerals that may affect your pump. But there won't be an explosion.
2007-07-11 13:41:43 · answer #8 · answered by a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. but running near empty can drag up sludge from an old tank and damage it and/or the fuel filter in some cases; but it's gotta be close to or empty to be a problem
2007-07-11 13:34:17 · answer #9 · answered by wizjp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i have removed failed fuel pumps out of g.m. tanks that have actualy burned the insulation off of the pump wires; even an empty tank has too rich of a mixture to ignite.
2007-07-11 18:51:52 · answer #10 · answered by hobbabob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol thats funny. but if u put a match in a half empty gas tank it would explode. gasoline doesnt burn its the fumes that it lets out that burns.
2007-07-11 19:05:20 · answer #11 · answered by thagame911@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋