Happy New Year to you all. It was suggested to me that my stalling problem could be a clogged fuel filter. Maybe letting the tank get too low before filling and the fuel pump sucked up some crud on the bottom of the tank and it's getting stuck in the tube cutting off gas supply and causing a stall. And when it doesn't start for a while whatever is stuck in fuel tube cuts off gas supply hence the constant cranking without a start. Yes, no? Just an idea. Should I try changing the fuel filter? Any ideas? This probably sounds Greek huh?

 

Cool, let us know if that fixes it.

 

Mine stalled after it had a new fuel filter on it and a nearly full tank of gas. I think most of the problems with the VEs are something electrical/spark related(coils, ECU, MAF, etc.) with the exception of injectors, and I think most of those that go out are faulty on the electrical part, not clogging up.

Often times when you have a clogged fuel filter the car will kind of "choke" or sputter, but not usually stall all together. Mine had the stalling problem and starts virtually every time within the first 5 seconds or so of the first crank.

Your logic isn't too bad, though. I work for the Post Office and the older vehicles (LLV) are not supposed to go below 1/3 of a tank of gas because they have a problem with fuel filters and fuel pumps going out. At least that's what our maintenance guy told me. He was ****ed when he did some work on the rig I was driving and I was below 1/4.

It never hurts to change your fuel filter if you think you might have some debris in your gas, especially if it hasn't been changed in a while.

 

Well a fuel filter should be replaced regularly anyway.

But, there is a filter on the gas pick-up thats on the fuel pump. If you were to get just one bad tank of gas, that coarse filter can get badly plugged up. This has happened to a van that my family owns.

I'd suggest that you check the connector on your MAFS, I actually replaced mine (made a new connector). Not only does the connector corrode, but when you plug the connector on the MAFS, the terminals inside the connector actually push back into the connector, so they don't grab the terminals well.

 

I've alwasy had a problem with the "run out of gas" thing on maximas. If I remember right, the fuel pump sits on the bottom anyway, so it's always sucking the stuff of the bottom, thus it doesn't really matter how much fuel is in the tank.

 

i'd run some STP fuel injector cleaner and check for check engine codes.