IALuder

so about 3-5 weeks ago i ran out of gas.. car shut off, fuel pressure dropped, that whole mess of ****, good thing i was 100 yards away from my apt complx entrance. i got it restarted and drove back to my place (on fumes.. my fuel pressure gage was bouncing). went put a few gallons of gas in, it sputtered a few times while it got the air bubbles out(im guessing) then ran basically normal.

ever since then its been randomly hesitating. not at a specific rpm or anything like that, which would lead me to believe it is not timing related. did i just get a bunch of crap on the bottom of my tank stuck in my fuel system? it has stalled a couple of times(3 at the most in this whole time span)when it hesitates in neutral while im turning or stopping. i put a injector cleaner in with about 8-10 gals of gas but i havnt really noticed an improvment.

what can i check?

what should i replace first if needed?

did i break ****?

is the hesitating even related to the gas thing or could it be timing, or something else?

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bvprelude

fuel filter would be a good place to start

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Qveon

I have a fuel filter if you need one. brand new honda oem.

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bgm93srv

Had same problem, fuel filter helped but I knew my pump was getting old so I changed it and all good since then. The pickup on the pump was a mess.

Lucke

i was just having a horrid problem similar to this today... what helped was re-gapping my spark plugs.

not saying that you need to do this, but you might want to check that they are not gapped too wide.

IALuder

thanks ill start with filter and pump.

SolRayz

Try changing the fuel filter for sure. Just curious but what did you mean by the fuel guage bouncing? Do you have an analog setup?

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IALuder

yea i do have an analog setup.

IALuder

ok i did all that and got no where. i threw code 3.. electrical problem with mass air flow sensor.

so how do i go about fixing that?

trident

We don't have mass air flow sensors... we have map sensors (manifold absolute pressure). This sensor measures vacuum from the throttle body. You should find the map sensor on the firewall (if memory serves) Check Helms for how to troubleshoot. Also, did you make sure to change the pick up in the fuel pump? When you run your car out of gas, the fuel pump tends to pick up all the sediment at the bottom of the tank. This is why many people complain of problems after running the car out of gas.

IALuder

ok, thanks.