I would rather get a better pump than a combination though I was budget conscious and needed prime quickness so I got a combo unit.

Are you sure the electric pump has failed? Often symptoms mimic pump failure and it's siphon jet.

On the other hand 164,000 miles means 32 mph avg. should get you to failure so it does seem to be in the right ballpark.

If the gas level is about 1/4-1/3 and you have fuel starvation OR if hidden test six shows fuel on the left and 000 on the right that is indication the siphon jet is shot (which I would be fairly certain if it hasn't been replaced: a design defect usually craps out at 4000 hours or so)

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)