Yesterday i went to pick up my car from the shop, i didnt have any gas or very very little.. So i started to drive to the gas station... At first the car ran fine, but it then was not able to go past 20... But i got to the gas station, but the engine was over heating. So i let it sit after pumping the gas, it then did the same thing. But after another ten minutes it ran fine again.. Ide like to know if anything happened to the engine that i should be worried about, or whatever? thanks...

 

Not sure about the overheating part, but you shouldnt run the gas dry. Even though there's a strainer on the fuel pump, theres a chance you can end up breaking something or clogging up something along the fuel delivery because of gunk at the bottom of the tank.

Better question is why was your car at the shop? They could have fudged something up.

 

It was purely cosmetic, I was getting some rust restoration done on my crx i brang it to the shop on close to e... If anythng ill ask my uncle to check it out..

 

The overheating is not related to the the lack of fuel. The short time the engine experienced a "lean" condition should have been taken care of by the cooling system, if it's working properly.

ASFIK, The biggest problem with running out of gas is that the fuel pump relies on the liquid to cool itself. I would have to believe the injectors don't like to run dry either. As far as sucking up gunk from the fuel tank, I really don't know, but on most models the extra fuel from the fuel rail is returned to the tank, so I would think that the constant circulation would minimize any collection of gunk.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Perfectionist &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The overheating is not related to the the lack of fuel. The short time the engine experienced a "lean" condition should have been taken care of by the cooling system, if it's working properly.

ASFIK, The biggest problem with running out of gas is that the fuel pump relies on the liquid to cool itself. I would have to believe the injectors don't like to run dry either. As far as sucking up gunk from the fuel tank, I really don't know, but on most models the extra fuel from the fuel rail is returned to the tank, so I would think that the constant circulation would minimize any collection of gunk.</TD></TR></TABLE>

constant circulation helps..but...u do shut your car off from time to time right? hehe

mike