DELIVERY DEVICE FOR THE FUEL OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

A delivery device for the fuel of an internal combustion engine, having a fuel tank (), from which at least one fuel pump () delivers fuel via a fuel supply line () and at least one fuel filter () to a fuel consumer (), which is connected to the fuel tank () via a fuel return line (), is characterized in that a control device () is connected between the supply line () and the return line (), which control device establishes a fuel-conveying connection () between the return line () and the supply line () when the temperature in the fuel tank () falls below a predeterminable threshold temperature and at a predeterminable threshold pressure in the return line ().