An internal combustion engine runs on gasoline – meaning that your Ford Mustang Fuel Pump is an essential part of your vehicle’s systems. Fuel does not magically transfer from the gas tank to the engine – it must be somehow pumped to its final destination in order to become useful. In older cars (generally those built prior to 1970), your vehicle’s fuel pump is likely to be a mechanical pump that was essentially a part of the engine block, driven by the engine’s camshaft.

A dysfunction of a mechanical version of a car’s fuel pump can occur during hot weather or extreme engine heat, when boiling gasoline turns to vapor – which cannot be pumped by a device designed to move liquids. This condition is known as “vapor lock.” Newer cars will have an electric Ford Mustang Fuel pump, which pushes gasoline towards the engine from a location inside the fuel tank.

Because the pump thus stays away from the heat of the engine, stored in the cool liquid, it is much less likely to have the same types of problems as a mechanical fuel pump. It may seem that having an electrical device (prone to sparks) inside a tank of gasoline is not a wise idea: in truth, however, liquid fuel is not at risk to explode (it is the vapors that are explosive) – meaning that complete submersion in liquid gasoline is one of the safest places to store the mechanical fuel pump in the car. If your car has a carburetor, your Ford Mustang Fuel Pump will deliver fuel under low pressure.If your vehicle has a fuel injection system, your car’s fuel pump will deliver fuel under high pressures.