The only damage done to any vehicle by running out of fuel is the damage to your feet and shoes by walking after a can of gas if there isn't one with you

 

When mine gets to 1/2 empty, I fill it. If the tank gets too low, the fuel pump in the tank does not get cooled sufficiently and will burn out if done often.


Learned this a long time ago when the fuel pumps went into the tank. Never have had problems with pumps burning up.


Mine gets about 225-250 miles a tank I calculate.

 

A pump will not burn up because of low fuel in the tank - in a factory tank the fuel pump and sending unit sits in it's own container and all return fuel dumps into it keeping the fuel pump submersed and cooled

upon the point the pump empties the container the engine dies and the ECM shuts down the pump

Pumps burning up by low fuel is a old story and wise tail by somebody looking for a reason the pump died and that's all it is

however that being said - remember it doesn't cost anymore to keep the top end of the tank full than it does to keep the lower half full

 

I get about two-fiddy per tank.