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Re: Ran out of fuel trying to getting engine started
Well if you ran out of fuel that means the pump sucked lot of air in, and it wil take o while for the pump to deliver the fuel back again to the injectors. and if its a diesle, you might need to purge it.
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It is more than likely air locked if you turned the engine with no fuel in it. So remove the fuel pipe from the engine and crank the engine till the fuel comes out then connect it to the engine again
There may be an air lock in the fuel line or fuel pump. Pour some
fuel in the carby and start the engine. You may need to do this a few
times to get the air lock out of your fuel line/pump.
try spraying starting fluid in the breather and see if it tries to start if so check fuel lines etc. to make sure that it is getting fuel to it.
next would be check injectors to see if they are getting voltage to them.
If it ran before you ran out of gas, and now it doesn't, it is a pretty safe bet that it is NOT getting the gas where it needs to go.
What I would try is using some starting fluid or squirting some fuel into the throttle body to give the van a chance to get the engine up to higher speeds (however briefly) to increase the number of times the injectors fire, hoping to speed the process of fuel getting from the tank to the engine. Hopefully, in this way, you can reestablish normal fuel flow.
Plus, if introducing fuel does not get the engine to show signs of life, the solution starts to look like perhaps something more serious...
Gas line filter may be dirty and clogged. Change it. There could be sediment or dirt in the tank that you drew up to the filter when you ran out of gas and it has built up and is blocking gas from getting into the engine.
If the fuel pressure regulator is stuck there will be to much pressure to the injectors and the injectors won't open, and thus no start. Since you relived the pressure by lossening the cap the engine ran.
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