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Old 09-20-2013, 08:24 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
My mom always tells me that you should never go below a quarter tank or something, because you get bad stuff deposited there. I figure that it will never build up if burn it!
Usually fuel pumps pump from the bottom, and fuel filters are pretty common now. Both kind of take away from that.

A serious point for the Mustang is that the fuel pump is cooled by the fuel in the tank, allegedly sometimes causing fuel pumps burning out.
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