Ran outta gas!!!!

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Euromon$ter
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Ran outta gas!!!!

Post by Euromon$ter »

Inwas driving home from work and wasn't paying attention and ran outta gas. I got it filled up and now it still won't start?
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Prime it. With the intake boot off, ignition on, push in on the AFM flap. That should turn on the fuel pump. Run it a little while, listen to it gurgle until it is relatively constant. Then try it.
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Post by mjleamy »

One other possibility is you sucked up a lot of debris from the bottom of the tank and it is plugging your fuel filter. I haven't been around E12s to know if this can happen in these cars, but it can in others.
Euromon$ter
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Post by Euromon$ter »

Hey mike just wanted you to know it worked.
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