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mrc55
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Feb 11, 2013, 5:04 PM

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1992 Ford Econoline
5.8
98,000 miles

Approx 3 months ago the van was parked on a hill with the gas tank almost empty. Started to drive to gas station, chugging, cutting out. Eventually killed and would not start. Changed spark plugs, dist cap, etc. Still not starting so had it towed home. Sat a couple days and we kept trying. A couple days of sitting and it started. Has run ok since, although have noticed that it will run well with a full tank of gas and not so well with lower gas.

Last week...same hill...almost empty gas tank...dumb, I know. Same situation. Won't start. Have added gas, heet, have tried a different battery, pulled and cleaned dist cap. It seems like to wants to start-it will almost catch & run for about 3 seconds.

Any obvious thoughts that I'm missing? Thanks!

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Feb 11, 2013, 5:10 PM

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In tank fuel pumps are cooled and lubricated by the fuel in the tank. When you run a car out of gas, it pumps a lot of air through the pump which overheats it and causes some severe wear and many times, failure when they cool off.
You will need to use a fuel pressure gauge to verify this

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mrc55
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Feb 11, 2013, 5:48 PM

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Thanks! Will do.

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