<VV> Electric pump foibles

[Sethracer at aol.com]

That is why I love the English language. There are so many ways to read  
something.  One other note - for those of us who have those newfangled cars  
with in-tank pumps. If you do manage to run it dry, do not keep trying to get 
 the last bit of fuel out of the tank to make it to a gas station. The  
in-tank electric pump is designed to be cooled by the surrounding fuel in the  
tank, and the fuel going through it. If run in the air, and with no fuel 
going  through, the pump can fail in as little a one minute running time. Don't 
 ask me if it happened to my 96 Camaro a bunch of years ago. - Seth Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 11/17/2012 10:11:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
FrankCB at aol.com writes:

Ed,
You're 100% correct.  The Beretta had  an  electric fuel pump and fuel 
injectors so it had NO carbs.   We used  isopropyl additive to homogenize 
any 
water that got into the  gas and blend it  WITH the gas to eliminate a 
separate layer of water  at the bottom of the  tank.  So I just dumped in 
the new 
gas,  turned on the ignition, waited a  few seconds for the pump to refill 
the  
lines and it started right up.
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ