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      08-25-2009, 08:22 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by jeremyc74 View Post
The other thing that makes this unlikely IMO is that the ECU HAS to know that the sensor has failed to cause the pump to run at 100%, and they should have realized thats' what's causing the damage. If the sensor has anything to do with this problem, I'd say it's more likely that it's causing low feed pressures and starving the pump, rather than overloading it.

So is it possible that the low pressure sensor is failing and the ECU and in-tank pump aren't being told that the low pressure sensor failed... causing the in-tank pump to pump less than 5 bar of pressure... starving the HPFP?
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