Run it outta fuel
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From: Gifford, IL
Run it outta fuel
Driving home tonight and I let it run til it first sputtered a bit and switched tanks. All seemed good for at least ten seconds then it started studderin a lil and finallly I came to a stop where it idled incredibly rough and died. Cranked for a ten seconds, stopped. Repeated this until the batteries died, which took awhile. I'm assuming I just need to keep doing this. Anyone have a rough idea how long it should take? I've ran dry once before and it didnt take near this long to get goin again.
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I always keep a quart of transmission fluid in truck. Ran it almost dry when the last fuel pump started going out. Pulled filter cap and bowl was dry put fluid in and drove home. It picked up fuel as soon as it started back, guess I was just lucky.
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From: Thomasville, GA
What 95_dually said...
I had mine do that exact same thing. My fuel filter was filthy and the canister was less than half full of fuel.
Pop a new filter in, make sure you have the canister as full as possible even if that means a little bit spilling out when you put the cap on. And get ready to crank it... A lot! Then drive it hard for a few miles to get all the air out of the system.
I had mine do that exact same thing. My fuel filter was filthy and the canister was less than half full of fuel.
Pop a new filter in, make sure you have the canister as full as possible even if that means a little bit spilling out when you put the cap on. And get ready to crank it... A lot! Then drive it hard for a few miles to get all the air out of the system.
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Well this morning it got started after a couple tries but it ran crappy. Shook pretty bad from havin air in the lines i suppose and took 50 miles to smoothe out. Thanks for the advice guys
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Will do that even with the electric fuel pump. Ran mine out and put some fuel in and turned on my pump with my manuel switch thinking that it would prime inself-wrong!. I don't understant why but I pulled the filter, filled it up and away I went.
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I let mine run out one time. I was pulling my toyhauler when the motor started to cough. I quickly switched tanks but it sucked air and I had to drive it about 30 miles before all of the cylinders were working again. I will never do that again.
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