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)?

 

Make sure the lines on the filter are tight. You could be sucking air into the fuel system.

 

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.

 

You said filter, so I thought that's what you meant. Even so, the line connections for the pump are still outside the tank.