Car Doesnt Start Anymore..

[justin911]

hey peoples

my car doesnt seem to start anymore. It starts for like 2 seconds then just cuts out. I was trying to replace my bleed valve with one of those $22 ones tonight.. so i swaped it over, started the car and it just turned off after like 2 seconds, if i put my foot on the accelerator it didnt seem to make a differance, anyways so i swaped over back to the original GFB bleed valve but the same thing still happened ?? so im thinking now maybe its not the controller.....

I installed a 040 fuel pump the other week but the car has been running 100% since then.. im also pretty sure there should be enough petrol in the tank.. also when i turn the key to on, the pump makes the normal priming noise..

Anyone have any ideas to what it could be ? it doesnt seem like normal when i just use to much of the battery and the car doesnt start...

???

if anyone has any ideas that'd be great

[justin911]

stupid fuel guage / 040 pump / me

turns out u need petrol in the car to start it.......

[blind_elk]

stupid fuel guage / 040 pump / me

turns out u need petrol in the car to start it....... 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Doh!!

You're not the first to insist that there was fuel in the tank, only to have it proven to be bone dry!

[sewid]

haha - poor guy - you better change your fuel filter in case you sucked up any crap from the bottom of the tank

[justin911]

oooh cool thanks for that

I'll hopefully get her changed on the weekend.

Bloody when i installed the pump there was no petrol.. so i put abit in... like enough to atlest start the engine and drive around for 5-10 minutes to the servo.. and the fuel gauge went to just the top of the 'E'.. so i figured... top of the E is nearly nearly empty....

Then yesterday when it ran out of petrol it was like nearly at the first notch above the 'E'...

its just wierd cause the night before when i drove the car last there was no signs of me running out of petrol... then when i tried to start it, it was completely dead...

guess i'll just have to make sure the tank is always half full or something...

[blind_elk]

It could be that the pump is not sitting far enough down into the tank. You may need to do some measuring to confirm where the bottom of the pump is in relation to the bottom of the tank.

[Sumo]

You can damage your fuel pump as it needs petrol to lubricate its bushes and keep it cool.

Cheers

Sumo