03 eclipse spyder w pee in the gas tank

Asked by nene35311 Jun 19, 2018 at 01:33 AM about the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT Spyder

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Ok. Lame yess...my friend ran outta gas out of
town. His friend said to pee in the tank ...he did.
Car was towed out of gas a week later here i am w
him to get poor car n it just keeps nananananaing
n i go STOP. if its outta gas u have to prime the
pump. Tried it sorta tried to start once turned over
for a sec then he continued to nananan it n pretty
much thats it...were 3 hrs from home its 10:30 n im
considering removing the fuel pump n trying to
rinse it w fuel of course or put gas w injector
cleaner in it, in it. I dunno plz help

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Wow. It can take a bit for the fuel to make it to the injector rail. What i do if I've removed my fuel rail to prime the system is disable the ignition (spark) and crank it over in 5 second intervals 2-3 times, hook the spark back up then crank until it coughs, stop then go again and it will usually start at that point. Fuel has a cooling effect on the motor that pee probably can't duplicate so the pump could have overheated.

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