Fuel pump failures...

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

This past weekend, I had the FOURTH fuel pump failure of the year in my
family's fleet of cars, the fuel pump in my 200q being the most recent
victim.  Until this morning, I just assumed we were unlucky but while at the
gas station this morning, it hit me: Thanks to being on the EPA's "hit
list," the Phoenix metropolitan area's gas stations are now required to sell
oxygenated fuel year 'round instead of just in the winter months ... if what
I've heard about this stuff is true, it appears there could be a
cause-and-effect relationship here.  On the counter inside the station
(Chevron) was a pamphlet explaining that the fuel systems in some "older"
cars -- which it defined as pre-1990! -- may not be compatible with the
latest oxygenated fuels and increased wear and/or premature failure of
rubber parts may result ... has anyone else in Arizona or California had
problems using this stuff in their Audis or is the high failure rate I'm
experiencing just a statistical fluke?

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