AFSTIGUY said:
Sinister...that was some constructive feedback, until you came back with the owned comment. I never said it was bad below a 1/3 of a tank either...I said that was conservative, but that consistently running it below 3 gallons (ie. when the light is on and below) can over a prolonged period of time can cause an early degredation of the pump. Dr. Garth Hobson from the Mechnical and Astro. Engineering department at the Naval Postgraduate School (also, and alum from Penn State, where I got my Bach of Science degree) verified today that the intrinsic wear and tear on both electrical and mechanical pumps (the latter being in carbourated cars vice fuel injected ones) can be from numerous factors, not one of which more important than another perse. His exact words were "there are numerous variables that can cause detonation of a pressure-dependent system, but all of these variables must act directly against pressure in order to cause failure."
He said that in his experience, the most common cause for most pumps (not just auto fuel pumps, but was referring to in aero-turbines) failing is due to contaminents in the system that cause a reduction in pressure--when the flux of fuel through the filter and into the pump decreases), This WILL be more concentrated at the bottom of an empty tank vs. a full tank. While the car is moving, gas (a fluid) is constantly mixing. So, the more fuel you have, the lower the molarity or mass percentage of contaminents. On the flip side, the less fuel, the higher the molarity.
I am glad I gave you a laugh at my expense. As for the drop clutching, I suppose I can afford it now...I got lucky I guess. I won't dare search through all of your posts--I will leave that to the Democrats...to try and dig up dirt. I will instead do more productive things like try to protect the citizens of our nation (which sometimes surprise the hell out of me, and make me think twice).
Dude, what is it with the bug up your ass about Democrats? In a previous post you mention "liberals," and now it's the "Democrats." Same thing, but what the hell is your problem? I don't think peoples' political standpoints have anything to do with the debate at hand.
Dude, grow up. Not all Democrats are tree huggers, and not all Republicans support George Bush. Normally, MOST PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING that a politician does. They just tend to lean more towards one side than the other on MOST subjects that the member of that political party supports.
Don't go turning this into a political war, noob. You'll learn very quickly that it doesn't fly on this forum.
Moving on.....
You can say whatever you want, and quote whatever and whoever you want, from Dr. David Banner, Dr. Kavorkian, Dr. Dre, whoever, and nobody is disagreeing that running on a VERY LOW amount of gas is going to damage the fuel pump. The REASON for the damaged fuel pump is because it would OVERHEAT.
We all clearly understand what you are trying to say about "more gas= less contaminants." Naturally, the less gas you have in the tank, the more contaminants are going to be in a particular amount because it's an overall smaller volume of gas. For instance, if you have a half-glass of milk and dump in a tsp of chocolate syrup, it's going to be darker than if you had a full glass of milk and dumped in a tsp of chocolate syrup. We get it. It's unnecessary to address everyone like we're stupid.
Now, I understand that you're proud of your little BS degree, and like to tout off your knowledge, and you have every right to be proud; college isn't easy. But don't come in here acting high and mighty like you "run the show." There are a lot of other intelligent members participating in this forum, and it's PAINFULLY obvious that someone of these people DO know more about cars (ESPECIALLY Subarus) than you do.
And what gave me the laugh at your expense is the fact that you come in here beating your chest about fuel pumps, but in another thread you mention about how you have beaten the piss out of your not-yet-broken-in car, which is WORSE. This CLEARLY shows how naive you are when it comes to certain subjects at hand.
Here are some words of friendly advice: You have the deck stacked against you just because you are a noob. Being a noob, and coming in here with your arrogant attitude and disrespecting seasoned members, is not the way to make friends. We don't know you. For all we know, you could be the coolest cat to walk the Earth, but first impressions are lasting impressions. Don't make a bad impression on people. We welcome all new members with open arms, and we're happy to see new members joining, but don't piss in our faces.
I am willing to give you a second chance at your first impression, and it starts now. Some of the other members of this forum might not be so forgiving.
Fortunately though, it stalled right in front of the local Subaru dealer! :lol: Being the kind souls they are, they lent me a jerrycan of gas (unknown octane) of which I put in just a trickle. Enough to get to the gas station down the street.
