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Very important So today i went out to plane and started it . Everything seemed perfect until I did my run up... all seemed good. But then the engine just quit. I put the boost pump on and the engine restarted. The it quit again....! If the engine did not stop i would never have known that i had a problem I stopped the plane to find out that fuel was pouring out the cowl flap. I would not have seen that or even known about that if i was in sitting in the plane. Now under another thread last week i asked about a flickering low fuel pressure gauge . Maybe that was the start of the problem or the first indication. And i suppose we all have different experiences but this is one i do not wish to repeat. But i actually dont know how you could know you had this problem I got out of the plane to find the gas flowing out of the cowling. I got the plane was operating I have no idea whether this plane would have had the power to take off with a failed engine driven fuel pump or if i would have hit the high boost while "on the roll"/ would it have had the power to take off I just dont know if i missed an indication of pending doom or not. last week i reported a very tiny ficker in the fuel gauge needle and discussed it here . Most thought it was normal. I had no fuel stain on the ground when i pulled the plane from the hangar and i did not have any hint of this issue. The mechanic pulled the cowling and confirmed that fuel was flowing from the engine driven fuel pump and the feeling is that when the fuel pump fails that it will just spit out gas and even more gas if you turn on the high boost pump Thank goodness i caught this on the ground. I had no indication and the only way i would know if i had a problem was if i saw fuel leaking ( not possible I'm in the plane ) or a zero fuel indication. Very scary Thoughts. Peter