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Fuel Pump Faulty?

Koza13

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Hey all, Just sort of confirming what im thinking. I took my car out this morning after it had been sitting there for about 3-4 months and i drove down the road then turned around to come back (as it was just to test the car) and it stalled on me, when i tried to restart it just kept dry cranking and then slightly turning over but not being able to support any acceleration and then stalling again. The tank had under a 1/4 petrol left in it but when i put more in it worked fine. Does this mean that one of my fuel pumps is a little faulty? or would it be something else like old petrol?
 

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Hey all, Just sort of confirming what im thinking. I took my car out this morning after it had been sitting there for about 3-4 months and i drove down the road then turned around to come back (as it was just to test the car) and it stalled on me, when i tried to restart it just kept dry cranking and then slightly turning over but not being able to support any acceleration and then stalling again. The tank had under a 1/4 petrol left in it but when i put more in it worked fine. Does this mean that one of my fuel pumps is a little faulty? or would it be something else like old petrol?

Try putting some injector cleaner in it...
I recently put my vs on gas and haven't been . Running it on petrol much. The other day when I tried to run it on petrol, it did exactly what you described. I put some new fuel in there and put a whole bottle of injector cleaner (yes a whole bottle) Runs fine now.

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Sounds like an old petrol issue for sure.
 

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Sounds like an old petrol issue for sure.

Possibly scooped up some dirt too lol since it was less than 1/4 full

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Try putting some injector cleaner in it...
I recently put my vs on gas and haven't been . Running it on petrol much. The other day when I tried to run it on petrol, it did exactly what you described. I put some new fuel in there and put a whole bottle of injector cleaner (yes a whole bottle) Runs fine now.

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My SS is duel fuel and I use BP ultimate for when it gets run on petrol, which is usually on the way to fill up on gas, always try to keep at least a quarter of a tank in there
 
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