Bonneville Fuel Pump Problem

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Mark - 14 Feb 2007 00:08 GMT

Hello,

for the second time in few months my Bonny's fuel pump got broken.
The first time they found stones in the fuel tank, but not this time.
May it be the kind of gas we have in Iowa, with 15% of ethanol?

Thanks a lot.

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80 Knight - 14 Feb 2007 07:18 GMT

> Hello,
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> Thanks a lot.

Don't run it below 1/2 a tank.

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Geoff Welsh - 14 Feb 2007 09:01 GMT

> Hello,
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> Thanks a lot.

Got broken? Who broke it?
Maybe you meant that it failed.
A low quality replacement part is the most likely suspect with lack of
other info.
Higher ethanol content just gives worse mileage, it doesn't break
things. A fuel pump would last just as long in a swimming pool as a
tank of gasoline or a drum of vodka (ethanol is grain alcohol).
GW

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Mark - 14 Feb 2007 14:11 GMT

> Got broken? Who broke it?
> Maybe you meant that it failed.
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> tank of gasoline or a drum of vodka (ethanol is grain alcohol).
> GW

Well, the first time we found stones that somebody put in the tank. We
cleaned it and replaced the pump. I am not sure the low quality of the
replacement. I remember I paid about 100$ in a O'reilly store. The
second time they found a hole in the pump. I am not sure about it
because I haven't seen it yet. The mechanics didn't talk about stones
this time. However, even for a low quality part, I am surprised it
broke again after only 5000 miles.

MC

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Micah - 14 Feb 2007 14:27 GMT

I agree probably a bad reman. Or the problem may not be the fuel pump.

>> Hello,
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> gasoline or a drum of vodka (ethanol is grain alcohol).
> GW

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