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Old 01-21-2017, 08:54 PM
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Keep in mind that these fuel pumps are submersed in fuel to help pkeep them cool during operation. When the tank goes really low often more stress is imposed on the pump.
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Old 01-22-2017, 04:01 AM
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(Submerged for cooling)

Though true, the x5 pump will be submerged fully until you are below 10-15 miles to empty. It appears actually that the dashboard DTE doesn't even include most of the surge tank.

(Wife's car, when surge tank is overflowing to the main tank, shows 1.4L on the test six. If the tank is 8L that leaves 6.6L when the tank reads 0.0L total. (Meaning you can likely drive another 20-30 mi. past 0mi. DTE.

Anybody able to chime in with real world example of how many miles past 0 DTE the x5 can actually drive?

I plan to drive my just fixed x5 down to zero (with can of gas in the trunk of course), then open the tank and see how much is in the surge tank.
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Old 01-22-2017, 12:36 PM
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(Submerged for cooling)

Though true, the x5 pump will be submerged fully until you are below 10-15 miles to empty. It appears actually that the dashboard DTE doesn't even include most of the surge tank.

(Wife's car, when surge tank is overflowing to the main tank, shows 1.4L on the test six. If the tank is 8L that leaves 6.6L when the tank reads 0.0L total. (Meaning you can likely drive another 20-30 mi. past 0mi. DTE.

Anybody able to chime in with real world example of how many miles past 0 DTE the x5 can actually drive?

I plan to drive my just fixed x5 down to zero (with can of gas in the trunk of course), then open the tank and see how much is in the surge tank.
I've driven my E53 down to the point of lean misfire several times, just over 20 miles after the DTE displays "0".

I'm still on the OE pump (over 200k miles), even running the DTE below 10 miles before almost every fill up (almost 25 gals).

I think the 10 oz of Lucas UCL/fuel system conditioner added at every fill up has helped pump life.
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