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Default OT Renting a car?

On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:19:19 +0100, "David B."
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On 26/04/2017 02:36, Diesel wrote:

I don't like to run any of my vehicles that low on gas for any
length of time because it's hard on the fuel pump to do so.


Would you care to explain the logic behind that statement?

Tank mounted fuel pumps are cooled by the fuel, and at least on some
of the earlier ones, running low on fuel was blamed for shortening the
life of the pumps.