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Anonymous Posted on Aug 11, 2012

Why won't my car stay running after it ran out of gas

It was running after we put 1.5 gallons in it. Then it kept killing and I could start it. Now it won't start at all. I just added more gas. I turned the car to the "on" switch about 5-6 times. Still won't turn fire.

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Most newer cars are very sensitive to being ran low on gas. The fuel pump is in the tank and relies on fuel to cool it down. Your fuel pump is now probably not pumping the required pressure for the fuel injection system to work properly (or at all).

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Jonah Oneal

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  • Posted on Mar 01, 2010

SOURCE: car ran out of gas, put one gallon of gas in and

BUY A NEW FUEL PUMP.GAS KEEP FUEL PUMP COOL AND FROM OVER HEATING IF FUEL TANK GO DRY FUEL PUMP WILL OVERHEAT NOT WORK NO MORE.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 29, 2009

SOURCE: just put gas in car but it is acting like its out of gas,

sounds like bad gas. go to local Napa parts tore and buy something called Sea Foam and put it in tank. It will work wonders.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 02, 2009

SOURCE: fog lights staying on

1st most newer car cars have a timer delay that helps light the area you are in for a couple of seconds. You may have had the knob turned all the way up on the turn signal switch. The same thing will happened if this switch is turned all the way up, the interrior light will stay on. Turn the lights on with the switch and see if the fog lights come on, do this without the car running.Trun the lights off,see if the fog lights stay on then go out after a while.if so you have a delay on the fog lights or relay. You may need to replace the relay only. Part $ 15 trace fog light wiring to relay usually under hood away from water sources.......runjoe

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2010

SOURCE: Chrysler 2000 Sebring will not start

remove the air inlet hose to expose the throttle body, open the flap(simulating wide open throttle) spray carb n choke cleaner in to the engine if the engine start u have a fuel problem, like fuel pump or no injector pulse. if the car still doesnot start then u have a ignition problem, cranksensor or cam sensor etc... they should set a code

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 01, 2010

SOURCE: I have a 2001 PT Cruiser with 70,000 miles on it.

if the car needed a quart of oil i would suggest you check it every month/500 miles,or you may find the next time you may need a new engine.....Chrysler,in Europe,are serviced every 10k/annually.i am not sure re USA.

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