I have a Cadillac (so I'm sure the fuel pump is absurdly complicated somehow.) I stupidly drove it on low for a week out of laziness. Well, it seemed to run out of gas today on the highway. I put about a half-gallon in, and it wouldn't start. I was pretty sure I burnt out my fuel pump. Tow truck took me home, of course the car starts then because even with a blown fuel pump the ride back could have preempted the flow. So I'm thinking... fuck it. Let's drive it to the gas station and see if the half gallon I put it just wasn't enough. So I get there (it's about 2 minutes away from where I was.) I fill up the tank. I take it back on the road, take sharp turns, hammered the accelerator trying to get it to stall again.
It didn't, and I got it back home. But... my concern is, could it still be a burned out fuel pump just waiting for a terrible opportunity to give up again?