ramtacular
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I wanted to share my experience of apparently running out of fuel on my 21' ecodiesel. A few days ago, my fuel warning light came on when the instrument cluster displayed a range of 50-miles. Yesterday I left my office for home and planned to run an errand and get fuel on my way. As I parked for the errand, the instrument cluster displayed a range of 20-miles. I parked the truck and turned it off. I may have been on a slight incline. When I returned the truck didn't immediately start. The starter turned over but the motor didn't 'catch'. On the second attempt it did start. I drove to the fuel station which was about 2-miles away. At a stop light on the way, the truck quit. Not sputtered - quit - like somebody threw a switch. I again started the truck and was able to make it to the fuel station. After filling, the truck started, though it took maybe 10-seconds of cranking. Then it quit as I started to pull out of the gas station parking lot. It was at this point I vaguely recalled there's a special procedure to re-prime the fuel system. I found the procedure in the manual and followed the instructions. The truck started immediately and I've had no further issues since. The check engine light is on, but the manual says that is normal and it should turn off after running the truck a while. The check engine light went out the next day.
Lesson 1 - remember there is a procedure to prime the engine.
Lesson 2 - Do not let the fuel get so low that the range is below say 30-miles. (my old truck, a 2015 ford ecoboost, I never ran out of fuel even though on two occasions I let the range get to 0-miles. )
Lesson 1 - remember there is a procedure to prime the engine.
Lesson 2 - Do not let the fuel get so low that the range is below say 30-miles. (my old truck, a 2015 ford ecoboost, I never ran out of fuel even though on two occasions I let the range get to 0-miles. )
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