Add lots more fuel first. 2 gallons may not have been enough to get it
started again. The fuel outlet pipe runs much higher than you think
inside the tank.

Mark

mordo wrote:

> It finally happened: my first breakdown. I'm currently stranded on a
> busy thoroughfare in Baltimore.
>
> I had just rounded an exit ramp, uphill and the engine sputtered to
> stop. I am low on fuel and the previous owner had indicated that the
> fuel gauge is untrustworthy when it's low.
>
> I put two gallons in and it still won't start. I had my wife crank the
> engine while I checked a couple of things. Fuel pump runs. Nothing
> else obvious comes to mind. Perhaps a clogged fuel line if it was
> sucking debris.
>
> Waiting for a tow truck now to carry me a mile and a half home.
>
> In a peculiar coincidence, minutes after I came to a stop, a grey
> Westy drove blithely by me. I expect it is one of perhaps four
> Vanagons I've ever seen in Balto.
>
> I feel strangely honored to be a part of the legions of stranded
> Vanagon drivers all over the world.
>
> Mordo
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>