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Stirred up dirt in tank. Now barely runs

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Old 10-16-2008, 11:45 PM
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Stirred up dirt in tank. Now barely runs

I changed the fuel filter an in the process most of the fuel tank was drained. Today I just drove to the gas station and the car was running perfect.
I filled up started the car with no problems.
After I went to exit the station and the car stumbled and died. I managed to get it home after about 20 minutes (which is a litteral mile away) and I needed to restart the car over a dozen times.

I am pretty sure I stirred up a lot of crap at the bottom of the tank and that is why my car started running so poorly.

My question is what do I do now? Do I just need to let the crap settle? Replace the new fuel filter with another one? Drain the tank (which right now is completely full)?
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Old 10-17-2008, 09:22 PM
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Make sure the lines on the filter are tight. You could be sucking air into the fuel system.
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Old 10-18-2008, 04:15 PM
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The fuel pump is in the fuel tank. If the lines were loose it should be leaking gas not sucking air in I would think.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 92RS shearn
I changed the fuel filter an in the process most of the fuel tank was drained.
You said filter, so I thought that's what you meant. Even so, the line connections for the pump are still outside the tank.
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