I was on my way to the gas station earlier today since I was running extremely low and ended up bogging on a steep incline. Check egnine light came on and threw Code P02320, Fuel Pump Primary Circuit malfuntion. Made it to the gas station and fueled up.

Did it throw a CEL because I ran out of gas momentarily or should I check the fuel pump? I've driven the car with that little amount of gas before but never on a grade so steep. Also could i have done any damage to the fuel system or injectors? Any insight would be great. TIA:o

I ran out of gas the first week rolling into a gas station put on 2500 miles since no issues...


areg

3 times already Ive been almost out of gas. Car shuts off on me, stutters, it wont go beyond XX rpms...comp controlled I think. Hahha, every time Im fortunate enuff to make it.

Originally posted by Gansan
I was on my way to the gas station earlier today since I was running extremely low and ended up bogging on a steep incline. Check egnine light came on and threw Code P02320, Fuel Pump Primary Circuit malfuntion. Made it to the gas station and fueled up.

Did it throw a CEL because I ran out of gas momentarily or should I check the fuel pump? I've driven the car with that little amount of gas before but never on a grade so steep. Also could i have done any damage to the fuel system or injectors? Any insight would be great. TIA:o

If your car feels like its running right now, you're probably ok. There's a couple bad things that can happen if you run out of gas though:

1) overheat your fuel pump. If the subies are in-tank which I think they are, you can damage your pump by running chronically low on gas since they use fuel to keep the pump cool.

2) suck up gunk from the tank bottom. Your car isnt old enough to have a bunch of junk in the tank, but even so I'd consider changing my fuel filter early if you've run out of gas or run low on gas more than a few times. if your filter is still good you shouldnt have sucked anything through to the injectors.

your engine does not like sucking in air instead of gas when you hit boost. this isn't some old truck, the engine is alot more tuned and needs a steady flow of gas. don't be lazy, just fill up at 1/4 tank always. (that way you don't need to worry so much about the fuel moving out of reach of the fuel pickup)

BAD! but hey it's your cars.

Since I started driving around 13 years ago, Ive never once ran out of gas in any car/truck/motorcycle/dune buggy/etc while I'm driving. Thats pretty damn careless.

only thing I can think of is riding lawnmowers :)

I've never done it personally. Came to within a half a gallon once in my jeep.:eek:

There have been a number of reports of people running better 1/4 mile times with a half tank of gas than with an almost empty tank. This is often attributed to the fuel temperature staying cooler. Unused fuel is recirculated back into the tank, so if there is less, it heats up faster. Our cars run so rich because the extra fuel is used as in cylinder cooling.

Also, not having enough feul can lead to momentary starvation, like for a split second, which is also very bad.

Kevin

Originally posted by Red Rocket
Also, not having enough feul can lead to momentary starvation, like for a split second, which is also very bad.

Kevin

Yes and this is what happened, I didnt really run out of gas but did for a split second since i was on a hill. What do you mean by "very bad"?

Should i be concerned about the CEL or is the "normal" for the circumstances?

Originally posted by Gansan
What do you mean by "very bad"?



engine goes really lean in a split second = detonation. very bad, very very bad if you are boosting.

Originally posted by Gansan
I was on my way to the gas station earlier today since I was running extremely low and ended up bogging on a steep incline. Check egnine light came on and threw Code P02320, Fuel Pump Primary Circuit malfuntion. Made it to the gas station and fueled up.

Did it throw a CEL because I ran out of gas momentarily or should I check the fuel pump? I've driven the car with that little amount of gas before but never on a grade so steep. Also could i have done any damage to the fuel system or injectors? Any insight would be great. TIA:o

There is a reason why they put the fuel gauge on the dashboard.
:eek: can u guess why?

Originally posted by SIMPFLY
There is a reason why they put the fuel gauge on the dashboard.
:eek: can u guess why?

Bling Bling! (?)

Originally posted by SIMPFLY
There is a reason why they put the fuel gauge on the dashboard.
:eek: can u guess why?

Hey man, sometimes chit happens. :furious:

Is this a females only thread? :lol: I never would've thought that many people, let alone car enthusiasts, run out of gas! :D

Originally posted by Gansan
Hey man, sometimes chit happens. :furious:

when it comes down to running out of fuel, thats not "**** happens". Thats "youre a ****ing dip****"

Sorry, but its your fault for trashing your car by being an irresponsible fool.

Harsh crowd!

Originally posted by mlambert
when it comes down to running out of fuel, thats not "**** happens". Thats "youre a ****ing dip****"

Sorry, but its your fault for trashing your car by being an irresponsible fool.

Wow chill out, first off i have never run outta gas ever....secondly i didnt completely run out of gas just for a split second since there was very little fuel in the tank, when this happened i was within 50ft of the gas station.

My question here is not am I a dip **** for running out of gas? it is how bad could this have been? All you flamers need to get over yourselves and instead of preaching try to help out.

:banana:

Help out with what? Pitching in to buy you a midget who can follow you around all the time reminding you to do various things that youre forgetting?

Theres already an idiot light to help you with the gas part.

Originally posted by Gansan
secondly i didnt completely run out of gas just for a split second since there was very little fuel in the tank


hahaha! what kind of gauge gave you the split second gas tank reading? :huh:

Hey STF U noob! Nobody asked for your comments.....arent you in the wrong forum anyways, go back to 2.0. :lol:

Originally posted by mlambert
... Pitching in to buy you a midget who can follow you around all the time reminding you to do various things that youre forgetting?...


i can provide this service if anyone is interested...

IMO - go get a prius

Originally posted by capaWRX
IMO - go get a prius

:huh: I run low on gas and you think I should buy a battery operated vehicle.....IMO go get a $2 whore, at least you'll have better things to do than post mindless drivel.

Originally posted by Gansan
:huh:IMO go get a $2 whore, at least you'll have better things to do

Your sister costs $2 only; damn TEXAS is cheap!!

Originally posted by SIMPFLY
Your sister costs $2 only; damn TEXAS is cheap!!

Why does it always have to come down to my sister.:(

Originally posted by Gansan
Why does it always have to come down to my sister.:(

Dood, i finally found a pic of your sister...
http://images.ientrymail.com/designnewz/fark/fat-bastard.jpg

surely you can come up with something better than that.......:rolleyes: