today's break down ;-(

[Excitedoldgeezer]

driving along the m4 from wales this morning, and as I drove over the new bridge the car lost powered and came to a stop. Fuel pump whirling, car acting like it had ran out of petrol.

Now I let the tank run very low this week, and refilled yesterday afternoon, 20 miles later the car starts acting like its out of petrol???? Could an air leak get into the pipework between the "old almost empty" petrol and the "New full" tank, thus giving the impression Im out of petrol??? After a few minutes of the fuel pump whirling, the car came back to life, drove to Bristol airport then with no problems. Should one worry or simply dont let the thing run low

Also regarding the mpg thread, currently getting between 20-28mpg depending on how hard I drive her, standard 4lt engine, although its an old car, N plate, it feels pretty strong

[walt762]

Sounds more like an air lock, try opening the filler cap when it happens again to see if there is a vacuum in the tank, if there is I think you can put a cut in the seal to create an air hole.
If you do a search there are lots of threads on this subject.

[Excitedoldgeezer]

brilliant thanks ;-)