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When did your Fuel PUMP die? Also brand?

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: When did your Fuel PUMP die? Also brand?

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Clemens wrote: 18 Apr 2018, 13:26 Why would you keep more fuel in the tank in winter?
Fewer asteroid strikes in winter, so less chance of a wasted tank.
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1998 v70xc
240,000 miles 19 years old, original
Replaced with cheap ebay assembly, very noisy. I by mistake, ran the new pump dry, by thinking I had enough fuel in the tank. It only primed after I added 5 gallons of fuel, after a few dry attempts.

Did I hurt the new pump?? Or maybe a bad install?? Either way I will buy a new pump soon to replace (no hurry) Any good sale on pumps or sources.

Quiet with full tank, Noisy when low. waiting for warm weather. When it died, banging on tank got it going again.

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We have some good data to calculate a MTBF....
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