Fuel Pump
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Fuel Pump or Out of Gas
Hi Guys & Gals,
I thought I ran out of gas. The engine quit on me and my wife went to town and got 4 gallons of gas that we put in the car. It wouldn't start. I used the GM procedure for starting after running out of gas.
Had the car towed in to Chevrolet garage. The fuel pump was bad. 15,000 mi on the car. If I ran out of gas, could that have caused the fuel pump failure?
Thanks,
Bob
I thought I ran out of gas. The engine quit on me and my wife went to town and got 4 gallons of gas that we put in the car. It wouldn't start. I used the GM procedure for starting after running out of gas.
Had the car towed in to Chevrolet garage. The fuel pump was bad. 15,000 mi on the car. If I ran out of gas, could that have caused the fuel pump failure?
Thanks,
Bob
Last edited by Korreck; Feb 11, 2005 at 02:10 PM.
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Originally Posted by Korreck
Hi Guys & Gals,
I thought I ran out of gas. The engine quit on me and my wife went to town and got 4 gallons of gas that we put in the car. It wouldn't start. I used the GM procedure for starting after running out of gas.
Had the car towed in to Chevrolet garage. The fuel pump was bad. 15,000 mi on the car. If I ran out of gas, could that have caused the fuel pump failure?
Thanks,
Bob
I thought I ran out of gas. The engine quit on me and my wife went to town and got 4 gallons of gas that we put in the car. It wouldn't start. I used the GM procedure for starting after running out of gas.
Had the car towed in to Chevrolet garage. The fuel pump was bad. 15,000 mi on the car. If I ran out of gas, could that have caused the fuel pump failure?
Thanks,
Bob
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Originally Posted by Ragtop_Rob
YES electric fuel pumps can experience failure if you run them out of gas
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Originally Posted by Korreck
Thanks Rob. The dealer didn't know. I would still like to know what happens to the pump to cause complete failure.
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Ive never had an electric fuel pump go out on me, they usually will get noisy, now I have had the fuse blow or the relay go out. Ask for the bad part, never mind it's in warranty, let the dealer screw GM.
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Originally Posted by white top
fuel pump uses fuel for cooling no fuel no cooling not good for the pump.
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
Originally Posted by white top
fuel pump uses fuel for cooling no fuel no cooling not good for the pump.
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From: Deltona (son of Deland and DAYTONA) FL
Originally Posted by Korreck
It's beginning to look like this is something no one else has experienced.
BTW, that's about every 5 miles in my car.
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Originally Posted by isosceles
That's because when the guage gets to "E" we STOP FOR GAS!!!
BTW, that's about every 5 miles in my car.
BTW, that's about every 5 miles in my car.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...1&forum_id=103
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i had an issue the other week, felt like a ditz tho, i pulled in with a rough low idle, parked on my return a day later it wouldnt start .... ?? wtf, i know it was near empty but the 'reserve fuel' had 'only just come on' ... the tell tale NOISY pump wasnt anywhere to be heard... calls to GM ardmore )losers( quoted 500 for a pump and that there was a left side pump and a right side pump (*******) - called Gene our Buddy at FredBeans - there is ONLY ONE pump (with a sender unit for the other side) - 290.00 all in.
got 4 gallons into the baby and small miracle, it must have covered the float / level / whatever as it started up and i could, THANKFULLY hear the NOISY pump again!
ps - what did they charge for the replacement pump? labor?
Freestyler
got 4 gallons into the baby and small miracle, it must have covered the float / level / whatever as it started up and i could, THANKFULLY hear the NOISY pump again!
ps - what did they charge for the replacement pump? labor?
Freestyler
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Originally Posted by Freestyler
i had an issue the other week, felt like a ditz tho, i pulled in with a rough low idle, parked on my return a day later it wouldnt start .... ?? wtf, i know it was near empty but the 'reserve fuel' had 'only just come on' ... the tell tale NOISY pump wasnt anywhere to be heard... calls to GM ardmore )losers( quoted 500 for a pump and that there was a left side pump and a right side pump (*******) - called Gene our Buddy at FredBeans - there is ONLY ONE pump (with a sender unit for the other side) - 290.00 all in.
got 4 gallons into the baby and small miracle, it must have covered the float / level / whatever as it started up and i could, THANKFULLY hear the NOISY pump again!
ps - what did they charge for the replacement pump? labor?
Freestyler
got 4 gallons into the baby and small miracle, it must have covered the float / level / whatever as it started up and i could, THANKFULLY hear the NOISY pump again!
ps - what did they charge for the replacement pump? labor?
Freestyler
Bob
