I was almost on empty two days ago and decided to try and start car and it would not start. How much gas do I need and what to do to get it started. Can you help Linda It is a 1998 mitsubishi galant

any signs of rodents under the hood, they like to chew on the wire insulation and right through the wire.

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BAD GAS!!! Empty tank, lines and and float. Get tarnish out with carb cleaner and put in fresh gas with chemical to dry lines of water/whatever. Replace fuel filter.

It sounds like you may have picked up some small debris from the bottom of the gas tank when you ran it empty. You may need to run a fuel/injector cleaning solution through the next tank of gas to clear the debris and consider changing your fuel filter too. Sea Foam is a great fuel additive and I recomment trying it full strength. Hope this helps!

have fuel injection system cleaned

two places to check.... the water pump or one of the frost plugs has failed. what colour is the exhaust smoke ?

the other problems could be from the engine overheating so much

If your car is anything like my truck, there is a relay switch under the dash. When the fuel gets to low, it shuts the car down to prevent damage to the fuel pump. It should be right under the passenger side dash, on my truck there is a reset switch. Look for this, if you can't find it, you may need to have the car taken into the dealership to have it done. You should never let your car get that low on fuel for various reasons, this being one of them. Good luck.

That sounds very right. The most inexpensive place to get a new replacement is at your local auto parts store. It is not a difficult procedure. Good luck.

any auto parts store

there is a plug at the top of engine crome line about 1/4 dia. that will spray fuel when pump is activated. I removed when i was thinking i had a fuel problem. after spraying fuel every place decided i had to look for other issues