Fuel Pump

[Cody Forbes]

Dan DiBiase wrote:
> Saw this comment on a Google Audi group -
>
>  "The fuel pump motor is cooled by the gas in the tank. When it gets
>   near empty the pump is no longer immersed in fuel and tends to heat
> up and sometimes burn out."
>
>  I would not think that anything that 'heats up' or 'burns out' would
> be a good thing in the fuel tank....?!
>
>  Dan D
>  '04 A4 1,8Tq MT-6 (with a full tank of gas!)

Thats 100% true. I've even seen the effects of one that runs dry. My silver 
5k was sitting with the CIS fuel distributor off for repairs and the fuse 
panel somehow got wet and shorted the FP relay during a rain storm. While I 
was asleep in bed the pump turned on and pumped the tank dry since the lines 
were off, then the pump went up in smoke. I still have it, all of the wiring 
inside the tank is melted, and even the plastic bracket for the pump was 
reduced to plastic slag. I'll take pics once I get some new batteries for my 
digi-cam.

-Cody Forbes
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