Fuel Pump Failure

[07typeS]

Originally Posted by seth_man

i would have to say its your fault for not bringing it in to have the fuel sender repaired or replaced when you first had the problem, running the car very low or out of fuel is more than likely what caused the pump to fail, fuel pumps will heat up quickly when there is no fuel to cool them. running out of fuel a few times can generate enough heat to melt the small wire that the pump motor is made out of.

Unfortunately I agree.. Definitely your bad.. Whenever you have an issue, to cover your butt, always get it documented..

And I agree with Garm, why cant they just replace the sender and see if that fixes the problem?

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by 07typeS

Unfortunately I agree.. Definitely your bad.. Whenever you have an issue, to cover your butt, always get it documented..

And I agree with Garm, why cant they just replace the sender and see if that fixes the problem?

The labor to replace the sender and then later replace the pump probably isn't worth it to do two rounds. Also, they two items in question have completely different functions, so diagnosing whether both or just the sender are bad is pretty easy.