Myth Or Fact?

[PHATR32]

do you's realise the pump has a fine mesh filter on it which will pick up these "flakes" even before they pass through the pump and filter. of course it wont filter out the smaller stuff.

[BAMR33]

Not a myth, a guy I know went through two 040's due sediment clogging the internal filter. I'm diffently going to give mine a clean out before fitting a new FP.

[MMM]

the pump sits at the bottom of the tank all the time!! its a load of crap that it picks up shit, id say it would be more of an overheating issue.. btw thers a filter on the pump and a filter on the line to the engine! its not an issue and its a big myth!

[IOWNU]

In my opinion it is not a myth.

In my GTR i usually fill the tank up as soon as the fuel light comes on, I never take chances. One night my brother decided to take my car out and when I got it back it was low on fuel, on the verge of conking out. So I had to put in 5 bux of normal unleaded from a dodgy petrol station in order to get to the next BP.

I don't know whether it was the crap at the bottom, the normal ULP or a combination of both, but the car starting coughing and spluttering and misfiring, had to have all the injectors cleaned before it was running smooth again. Therefore, I will never take a chance with the bottom of the tank sediment theory.....

[geno8r]

^ wouldn’t that just be because that $5 of unleaded was only 92 octane?

[Kinks]

^ I agree. Far more likely you got bad fuel.

[SS8_Gohan]

^ i think your brother was the issue there