So 2 hours before I was supposed to meet somebody to buy my car, I ran out of gas on an offramp. I managed to limp into a gas station and fill her up. But afterwards the car started acting all weird. I had to floor the accelerator to just to start crawling forward. It ran fine in the 2-3krpm range but it couldn't go above 3k. I would randomly lose power and the engine made all kind popping noises when i let go of the accelerator. I tried changing the fuel filter because I thought i might have sucked a bunch of debris from the bottom into it but that did nothing. So what do you think it could be? I think it's the fuel pump but i'm not sure.
How bad did I screw it up?
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I ran mine out of gas the other day, and it took a minute to restart. I havent had any problems since then though, so maybe it isnt even fuel related and that was just a coincidence? My car struggled to climb about 3k rpms when my MAF was super dirty...
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My truck did that when i ran out of fuel (both times, long story)...
See if it gets better after a little bit of driving... 20-30 mintues... maybe even disconnect the battery to reset the computer... ?
See if it gets better after a little bit of driving... 20-30 mintues... maybe even disconnect the battery to reset the computer... ?
Not to Hijack here, but my car had a very similar situation happen this morning. I drove home last night, everything fine but I was pretty low on gas. When I started it up this morning, it sputtered and died, so I figured I was almost out of gas. I made it to the gas station (it died like 3 more times while I was driving) and now I can't get it to run. '
It'll start for about 2 seconds then immediately die, and when I try to give it throttle, it's misfiring really badly and can't hardly get above 2k rpm. Anyway, thought I'd throw this in because it seemed like such a similar problem
AHHHHH!!!
It'll start for about 2 seconds then immediately die, and when I try to give it throttle, it's misfiring really badly and can't hardly get above 2k rpm. Anyway, thought I'd throw this in because it seemed like such a similar problem
AHHHHH!!!
I think I saw a blurb that some place in the country just had a couple stations receive bad gas (it was known to be bad). So in the whole world, if you happen to get gas at one of those two stations........... 
Fuel lubricates the pumps. When running out of gas, the crap in the bottom of the tank attempts to cycle through the pump, and then the pump can run hot once the sock clogs or fuel is no longer ingested.
I'd get a FP gauge on and see what the pressure is doing.
Good luck to all.
Fuel lubricates the pumps. When running out of gas, the crap in the bottom of the tank attempts to cycle through the pump, and then the pump can run hot once the sock clogs or fuel is no longer ingested.
I'd get a FP gauge on and see what the pressure is doing.
Good luck to all.
GTA_V6_Mustang
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I think I saw a blurb that some place in the country just had a couple stations receive bad gas (it was known to be bad). So in the whole world, if you happen to get gas at one of those two stations...........
Fuel lubricates the pumps. When running out of gas, the crap in the bottom of the tank attempts to cycle through the pump, and then the pump can run hot once the sock clogs or fuel is no longer ingested.
I'd get a FP gauge on and see what the pressure is doing.
Good luck to all.
It would amaze you how many cars I get here at work with fuel contamination. lol. Once had a guy come in with milk in his tank. Cleaned it out cuple days later milk in his tank again (Think he pissed someone off) But no we really get a lot of cars with bad gas here.
I agree with hissin check fuel pressure then move on from there.
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