Nope! Not unless you let the pump run a long time, but to do so means you
would have to been cranking a long time. I would venture to say your starter
would have gave out first!


"Passat_driver" > wrote in message
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>I ran out of gas a couple of weeks ago, then had difficulty starting the
> car two days ago. Now it won't start at all and I am told it needs a fuel
> pump. Could this be related to letting it run out of gas? I heard
> somewhere that it could damage the car if I ever let it completely run out
> of gas.
>