Ran out of gas in Fuel Injected '85 Dodge Charger (Shelby)

This morning i went out to start my car but found myself out of gas.
I put in a few gallons of gas and tried to start it again. The
engine would start for a second and then shut off.... any ideas of
what i should do to get it running again?
-Greg

<gregmhand (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

This morning i went out to start my car but found myself out of gas.
I put in a few gallons of gas and tried to start it again. The
engine would start for a second and then shut off.... any ideas of
what i should do to get it running again?
-Greg

just turn the key on and off every 3 sec until the pump supplies fuel to the
injectors and then it will start

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

On Apr 8, 4:01 am, "maxpower" <damnnickn... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

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This morning i went out to start my car but found myself out of gas.
I put in a few gallons of gas and tried to start it again. The
engine would start for a second and then shut off.... any ideas of
what i should do to get it running again?
-Greg

just turn the key on and off every 3 sec until the pump supplies fuel to the
injectors and then it will start

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

I have read from other forums that it is possible to hurt the fuel
pump by trying to start the car repeatedly is this something i should
be worried about? Also, is it possible that there is some sort of
reset switch that i need to flip for the brain?
-Greg

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This morning i went out to start my car but found myself out of gas.
I put in a few gallons of gas and tried to start it again. The
engine would start for a second and then shut off.... any ideas of
what i should do to get it running again?
-Greg

just turn the key on and off every 3 sec until the pump supplies fuel to the
injectors and then it will start

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech


I have read from other forums that it is possible to hurt the fuel
pump by trying to start the car repeatedly is this something i should
be worried about? Also, is it possible that there is some sort of
reset switch that i need to flip for the brain?
-Greg

Do what Glen said and you'll be OK. The pump runs for only a second or
so when you turn the key on if it doesn't see pressure build. By
turning it on and off a few times, it fills the rail with those one
second pulses and pressurizes so it will start.

Bill Putney
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address with the letter 'x')

Bill Putney wrote:

Do what Glen said

....Glenn...

Bill Putney
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On Apr 8, 10:29 am, Bill Putney <b... (AT) kinez (DOT) net> wrote:

Bill Putney wrote:
Do what Glen said

...Glenn...

Bill Putney
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Thanks for your help it took five or so attempts to start the car, but
i started it in three second intervals like you said and its running
good now!
-Greg

<gregmhand (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

On Apr 8, 10:29 am, Bill Putney <b... (AT) kinez (DOT) net> wrote:
Bill Putney wrote:
Do what Glen said

...Glenn...

Bill Putney
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address with the letter 'x')

Thanks for your help it took five or so attempts to start the car, but
i started it in three second intervals like you said and its running
good now!
-Greg

I knew you could do it!!

Glenn