Will running out of gas in a land rover cause it to need a new fuel pump?

a friend borrowed a friends land rover and she ran out of gas. after putting gas in it the thing wouldnt start. now she is being blamed for it needing a new fuel pump because of running out of gas once. its about a 2000 land rover.|||omg yes dont do it. Its gonna cost like 800 i did this to my 2000 oldsmobile it sucked its like the car locked on me. Good luck and remember dont let 30 dollars in gas turn into 800 dollars on a new pump|||Sure can, doesnt automatically happen, but yes, low fuel can cause fuel pump troubles.|||When the rotors in the pump are run dry, they wear out very quickly. The problem is made worse if the driver tries to restart the car numerous times - each attempted restart activates the pump which continues to run dry while the engine is turning over.


Most fuel injected vehicles' fuel gages are calibrated to allow a small amount of fuel to remain in the tank when the gage reads empty - obviously, if a driver continues to drive the vehicle with the gage reading empty, eventually it will indeed run out of fuel.|||Yes, but it is a 8 year old vehicle and it could have failed at any time anyway. It was probably on its last legs and she just pushed it over the edge by running the tank dry and overheating the pump. It could have happened to anyone else who happened to be driving the vehicle. Did the owner perform proper maintenance on the vehicle such as fuel filters every 50000 miles?


Would I make her pay for it? Nope.





on a side note, maybe its time for a new friend.|||I don't know about a fuel pump but if you run out of gas too many times it could cause you to need a new gas tank. There's some sort of cup in the tank that fills with gas and if it drys out too many times it can crack or break away from the rest of the tank.





That cup is needed to help get gas through the lines. Sorry I don't know all the terminology. I'd ask your friend that owns the car if they ever ran out of gas before. But I'd certainly have a mechanic look at it before I handed any money over to that person.