Fuel system

Asked by Charitysampson Feb 01, 2017 at 01:08 PM about the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix and right
after it was ran out if gas twice within 24
hours, it started stalling and going dead
going down the road. I got it home, ran code
tests on it, pulled the fuel filter put it back on,
and I'm still stumped as to what it could be.

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Bob answered 7 years ago

You may have ruined the fuel pump by running it out of gas. Running a fuel injected vehicle out of fuel is very hard on the fuel pump. Of course it may be something else also. Never run below 1/4 of a tank is a good rule to follow.

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