[Recoil spring]

I read awhile back that one of the reasons for the inside fuel tank fuel pump failures with most cars is the lack of gasoline used to help cool them, in other words, if you drive around with less than a quarter tank in hot weather, you are asking for premature fuel pump failure.

For years I have stopped at a fuel station and filled up the tank on my Oldsmobile to keep the fuel pump cool, must have worked as I junked out the 1997 car with 165,000 on it and the pump still worked. Now that I have a Ford (2000 Lincoln) product is it ok to drive it with less than a quarter tank without fear of damaging the pump?

Or is this stuff an old wives tale?

Thanks.