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Christ · 01-22-2010, 12:39 AM

My only problem with the fuel pump issue is that myself, nor any of my friends, have encountered it.

I know it happens by anecdotal evidence, and I've seen accelerated wear from lack of lubrication, which gets blamed on ethanol (but could just as easily be water in the fuel), but I've never personally had a fuel pump go out on me as a result of ethanol, an nor have any of my friends.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	My only problem with the fuel pump issue is that myself, nor any of my friends, have encountered it. I know it happens by anecdotal evidence, and I've seen accelerated wear from lack of lubrication, which gets blamed on ethanol (but could just as easily be water in the fuel), but I've never personally had a fuel pump go out on me as a result of ethanol, an nor have any of my friends. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"