So today I get to the house with 11% fuel left in my tank, 66 miles to e, no problem I think since at 10-11% the tank accepts 18-19 gallons at the pump, being it a 25 gallon tank I thought I had some wiggle room to get back to town and fill up. Went out to start the truck, and it died within 5 seconds of cranking. Hmm, that's weird. Tried again and it cranked for a good 5 seconds and I could tell it wasn't getting fuel.
Cracked open the water separator hoping there was not a bunch of water in there. Got maybe 4 ounces out of it, not a drop more.
Went to the station and bought 4 gallons of diesel, came home filled the tank (took me to 32% full) and primed the pump key on key off six times, and it fired right up. The lift pump made some moaning noises for a while but it seemed to go away when I got to town to fill up.
I wonder why the truck did this to me? Maybe the fuel pickup straw broke off somehow? I've had the truck down to 3% fuel, 10 miles to e once before..I generally fill up at 1/4 a tank, but I decided to let this tank drain down some more for whatever reason. The truck was parked on a very slight slope in my driveway, maybe 1-3% nose high, but I really wouldn't think that would make such a big difference, would it?
This truck supposedly has a 25 gallon tank but the most I've ever gotten into it was 20.5 gallons when I was at 3% fuel that one time. Generally it's 18 gallons every fuel up. Really getting pissed at the tiny fuel tank, and I think I'm going to put a gravity fed transfer tank in, I just can't afford the transfer flow right now.
What the heck caused this problem?
Cracked open the water separator hoping there was not a bunch of water in there. Got maybe 4 ounces out of it, not a drop more.
Went to the station and bought 4 gallons of diesel, came home filled the tank (took me to 32% full) and primed the pump key on key off six times, and it fired right up. The lift pump made some moaning noises for a while but it seemed to go away when I got to town to fill up.
I wonder why the truck did this to me? Maybe the fuel pickup straw broke off somehow? I've had the truck down to 3% fuel, 10 miles to e once before..I generally fill up at 1/4 a tank, but I decided to let this tank drain down some more for whatever reason. The truck was parked on a very slight slope in my driveway, maybe 1-3% nose high, but I really wouldn't think that would make such a big difference, would it?
This truck supposedly has a 25 gallon tank but the most I've ever gotten into it was 20.5 gallons when I was at 3% fuel that one time. Generally it's 18 gallons every fuel up. Really getting pissed at the tiny fuel tank, and I think I'm going to put a gravity fed transfer tank in, I just can't afford the transfer flow right now.
What the heck caused this problem?