I was running on E at around 6pm tonight, and filled up at the kangaroo at the end of gorman on tyron rd. My car ran alright until I got where I was eating dinner, and now it won't start, so I'm wondering if I got bad gas

I know the problem isn't with the battery or the starter, because the engine will keep turning over. every now and then it even looks like it's going to start for a second, but the car always dies right away

I was wondering if anyone else got gas from there and had a problem, or if anyone has advice on how to fix it

10/26/2008 1:57:26 AM

fuel injector problem, maybe?

10/26/2008 2:00:41 AM

idk about your particular station, but the flying j in alamance co has a notorious record for fucking up peoples engines

10/26/2008 2:00:47 AM

Hess off Western FTW.

10/26/2008 2:08:57 AM

Probably OPEC retaliating for us driving up the demand for oil and then watching prices fall through the floor when our economy took a poop.

10/26/2008 2:19:42 AM

bump!

10/26/2008 11:36:58 AM

maybe you blew your fuel pump by running on empty too often

10/26/2008 11:38:53 AM

i too, have bad gas

10/26/2008 11:39:48 AM

pour gas on your car... then from afar throw a match on it. but dont do it near a gas station.

after about 1 hour post up the results

10/26/2008 11:42:54 AM

I only fucks wit BP cause they got that AMOCO YO.

10/26/2008 11:44:43 AM

^^ Somebody tried that on US 1 just before Apex.

[Edited on October 26, 2008 at 12:22 PM. Reason : .]

10/26/2008 12:22:04 PM

76 on Western ftw

10/26/2008 12:22:33 PM

thats really the only gas station i go to and i've never had problems with them

10/26/2008 3:39:42 PM

i, too, have a car

10/26/2008 4:04:50 PM

year make model? it's pretty much either not getting fuel or not getting spark

depending on the type of intake, you can take off the air hat or whatever and turn it over and see if it's getting fuel.

if it's getting fuel then find out why it's not getting spark.

[Edited on October 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM. Reason : turn the key to on and don't try to start it. have someone listen for the fuel pump to prime up.]

[Edited on October 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM. Reason : fff]

10/26/2008 4:11:06 PM

I, too, have a car

it's just broken right now

10/26/2008 4:12:27 PM

AIR HAT

10/26/2008 4:36:02 PM

Pull a plug wire and make sure you have spark. (hold it close to the plug and look for a blue flame)

Fuel Filter could be clogged. (Replace it.) <-my guess
Fuel Pump fuse could have blown. (listen for fuel pump)
Fuel pump could be dead/weak. (Pull a fuel hose and make sure it's getting to the engine, don't ignite yourself)

10/26/2008 4:52:47 PM

Quote :

"Chit Chat is not The Garage #2"

10/26/2008 4:53:49 PM

Quote :

"maybe you blew your fuel pump by running on empty too often"

Is this something that actually happens or where you kidding?

I, too, drive on empty

10/26/2008 5:09:02 PM

Fuel filter coulda sucked up some trash from the bottom of the fuel tank as a result of running on E.

10/26/2008 5:11:47 PM

^^yeah. gas cools the pump.

10/26/2008 5:13:43 PM

^^ riiiiight, because when the tank is full the fuel pump sucks gas from the top.

10/26/2008 5:43:49 PM

Gas does, in fact, cool most electric pumps. But unless you run completely out frequently it's not an issue.

As for trash, running low might flush it down, who knows. Fuel filters do clog though, regardless of filling habits.

My car does pull fuel from the top(or, rather, slightly off the bottom), I made it that way. In fact, lots of cars do so they don't get the dregs.

[Edited on October 26, 2008 at 6:14 PM. Reason : .]

10/26/2008 6:11:46 PM