Out Of Fuel

[devos2be]

Heythis is probably a real easy one for you all stupid me ran the the 32 dry lastnite.

Have put for litres in it from jeri.But the car wont start it idles for about 5 sec then dies .

How do i goe about starting the car once you run it dry do you pump the hell out of the pedal to bring the fuel up or do you just leave it for a while.

The answer to all this would be dont run the bloody car dry in the first place.The car is stock

[satanic]

Prime the fuel pump a few times before actually starting the car?

[devos2be]

whats prime the fuel pump exactly sorry

[mr 32]

putting the key to the on postion but not starting it and you sound hear the fuel pump prime

[devos2be]

wicked its working now thanks heaps

[mad082]

might be an idea to change the fuel filter now too as you would've sucked a lot of crap out of the fuel tank.

[Guest 40th-edition]

i was going to suggest that 2, good idea so check the strainer in the pump 2... see how she goes

[ctjet]

i wouldnt let it happen again too many times... you'll kill the pump

[Beer Baron]

also priming the pump 'a few times' will be pretty hard. once the pump primes it will not do so again until either the engine is started, or a set time passes (think it's 30 mins) so if you wanted to do it more than once (not sure why) you would need to wait 30 mins each time...

[satanic]

Are you sure on that one Richard? I seem to be able to do it with my car... it keeps making that 10second long "buzz and whir" when the ignition is turned on. Need to wait a few seconds after each time though...

Maybe it's another sound I'm hearing, but this was the way we got around starting the car in the mornings before my fuel intake was fixed up.

[Beer Baron]

you could be right, 34 system may be different. i'm not an expert on 34s (or anything!lol) but most cars EFI system is not closed loop. so pump primes when you turn key to on (usualy for around 4-10 secs) then will not prime again for a set time unless engine is run. my Attessa pump is the same. it will prime when i first turn the key (and it's very loud) but then wont unless car is run.

is it possible there is some other pump you can hear priming? maybe something to do with the auto trans? i'm not sure.

[satanic]

Like you, unsure All I know is that it goes for about 7-10seconds then stops. However, each time you do it (consecutively) the noise sounds like it's getting more and more "restrictive" almost like it's "filling the lines up"

Anyways, I used to do it 3 times before cranking the motor and it started each time. If not then I'd be cranking for ages and the initial idle was very bad Not enough fuel going in to the engine.