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la ti da
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Apr 5, 2008, 5:12 PM

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My friend ran out of gas last night. She has a Mitsubishi marage I think its an 03 but could be an 01. (Sorry) We put 2 gal of gas in and it still wont start. Is there somthing else we need to do? A fuel switch reset... She has had no other problems with her car until this. Thank you for any help!


dave284
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Apr 5, 2008, 8:02 PM

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The fuel lines have trapped air in them,.... try pressing the fuel tester valve to get some of the air out of the system , that valve I'm talking about is located on the fuelrail. The fuel reset button wouldn't have anything to do with the vehicle running out of gas and not starting after fuel was addedUnimpressed


Tom Greenleaf
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Apr 5, 2008, 11:29 PM

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Agree - it's air now. If you can't bleed it out try priming it at throttle body and they would usually sanp out of it after a try or two.

Note: Electric fuel pumps don't like running low on fuel which seems to effectively keep them cooler when they always have an ample fuel supply. I don't like running below 1/3 tank myself but would not venture below a 1/4 on purpose,

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