> I'm really beginning to think the ethanol content in this country's petrol has something to do with this.


Perhaps.


But I have a Ford Explorer with 197,000 miles on it with no fuel pump problems, a Ford Focus with 48,000 miles on it with no fuel pump problems, and a Z4 with 24,000 miles on it with no fuel pump problems.

I suspect it has more to do with a manufacturing defect.