Moving your fuel supply from your gas tank to your fuel injection rack is the job of your Ford Thunderbird fuel pump. Of course, your engine needs a steady supply of gasoline to keep running, so your fuel pump has to be a fairly hardy piece of equipment. Whenever your engine is running, your Thunderbird fuel pump is working away to keep that gasoline flowing.

However, the byproduct of moving mechanical or electrical parts is heat, and your Ford Thunderbird fuel pump does not have its own air supply or auxiliary fan to cool itself off. That is why you will find your Thunderbird fuel pump located inside your gas tank, where it uses your fuel supply to keep cool under hot working conditions.

You may have heard that it is a bad idea to let the gas tank of your fuel-injected vehicle run to empty, and your fuel pump is the reason. Not only is it important to make sure your fuel pump has enough gas to keep cool, but keeping at least a quarter of a tank of fuel in your vehicle also helps to prevent another type of damage to your pump.

Over time, the inside of your gas tank will begin to rust. This rust flakes off into the tank, and that, combined with the impurities found in even the best filtered gasoline you can put in to your car, forms a layer of sediment at the bottom of your tank. Once your Ford Thunderbird fuel pump runs out of fuel to pump, it will attempt to pump the sludge through, which can damage the pump.Fortunately, you can replace your worn out or damaged Thunderbird fuel pump for less when you order from our vast and easy to search online catalogue.