car randomly died while driving`

[rramsey]

was on the highway car was running strong and nice gas light was on since the morning and i was drivng all day and when i turned onto an off ramp and tried to accelerate no response and car was dead. tried to start after fillign with little gas from AAA and turned and turned but never started. now its towed to my house? any ideas? im thinkinh the fuel pump. nothing was leaking in engine bay? any help would help sad to see the cb7 dead in the rain now (in KC and its pouring and hailing now)

[chrischhorn]

how much gas did you put it in? If your car runs completely dry of gas, it takes more than just a gallon or 2 to get it started again. Try about 5 gallons of gas and it should be enough to get you started again. Running your motor dry like that is REALLY bad for your motor and can do serious damage. Lets hope you got lucky this time.

P.S. I dont think running out of gas is considered dying randomly.

[rramsey]

alright thanks man. ill try it when the weather drys up

[RJBleick]

Chances are you burnt the fuel pump up, try puting some more gas in it and if it doesnt start then have some one try cranking it over for you while you bang on the fuel tank with a hammer, or if you have access to a fuel pressure gauge, hook that up and find out what your fuel pressure is.

Gasoline is the fuel pump's lubricant, you run it dry you seize it up so to speak.

[rramsey]

yes. i think it is fuel pump. i took out the back seats and when i turned the key didnt hear the fuel pump kick on. normally you hear it hum. got a bosch replacement. (too poor for walbro) so its going in tomorrow after work and hopefully that will do the trick

[jas_r34]

yes. i think it is fuel pump. i took out the back seats and when i turned the key didnt hear the fuel pump kick on. normally you hear it hum. got a bosch replacement. (too poor for walbro) so its going in tomorrow after work and hopefully that will do the trick

if that doest work it is probably your main relay then.
lets just hope the new pump does the trick

[rramsey]

thanks. Any DIY for this? chilton manual made it look simple. Wondering if i should make one?

['90 H22 CB7]

Just a suggestion, I had a similar problem, and I had suspected my fuel pump, but it ended up being my distributor. If you haven't checked for spark, I would suggest doing that first.

[busak87]

I had the same problem twice, once about 2 months ago and again on wednesday...my car just died on the road, engine shut off. The first time it happened to me, it was the fuel pump relay, I got it replaced and it worked...and now it died again and I think it may be the fuel pump...I hope its not too expensive to fix