Hi,
Happy New Year to all!
I was driving back tonight from NYE's party along the PIE and my low fuel indicator had come on (it came on when the needle was halfway between the 0 and quarter tank mark). I didn't think much of it as I felt I could get back home and refill. About 20-30 minutes later, I felt a loss of power as I stepped on the accelerator while cruising at around 90km/h. Although there were no warning lights, everytime I depressed the accelerator, there was no power and the car was starting to jerk slightly. At that point, I looked for the nearest exit on the PIE (and fortunately the Stevens Rd exit was just coming up). I pulled into Stevens Road and just *barely* managed to get into the Esso station on Stevens Road (the car was starting to jerk more and still no power from depressing the accelerator). As I drove into the Esso station, I could also feel a loss of steering power.
Once safely parked, I turned off the engine and tried restarting again and the red battery and engine oil pressure warning indicators came on, and the car could not start. I waited a while, and then restarted the engine, this time without any problems. I then refueled my car to half tank. When I started the engine again, everything seemed to be fine and drove another 20km home without any problems.
Anyway, I am hoping that the sudden loss of engine power is due to the lack of fuel and nothing more, but I wonder if it is something more serious than that since my fuel indicator did not reach zero yet (it was only slightly less than halfway between the 0 and quarter tank mark by the time I reached the Esso station). Could it be a fuel pump or fuel line issue? Should I get my car checked? Thanks!
Not a great start to the new year...
Happy New Year to all!
I was driving back tonight from NYE's party along the PIE and my low fuel indicator had come on (it came on when the needle was halfway between the 0 and quarter tank mark). I didn't think much of it as I felt I could get back home and refill. About 20-30 minutes later, I felt a loss of power as I stepped on the accelerator while cruising at around 90km/h. Although there were no warning lights, everytime I depressed the accelerator, there was no power and the car was starting to jerk slightly. At that point, I looked for the nearest exit on the PIE (and fortunately the Stevens Rd exit was just coming up). I pulled into Stevens Road and just *barely* managed to get into the Esso station on Stevens Road (the car was starting to jerk more and still no power from depressing the accelerator). As I drove into the Esso station, I could also feel a loss of steering power.
Once safely parked, I turned off the engine and tried restarting again and the red battery and engine oil pressure warning indicators came on, and the car could not start. I waited a while, and then restarted the engine, this time without any problems. I then refueled my car to half tank. When I started the engine again, everything seemed to be fine and drove another 20km home without any problems.
Anyway, I am hoping that the sudden loss of engine power is due to the lack of fuel and nothing more, but I wonder if it is something more serious than that since my fuel indicator did not reach zero yet (it was only slightly less than halfway between the 0 and quarter tank mark by the time I reached the Esso station). Could it be a fuel pump or fuel line issue? Should I get my car checked? Thanks!
Not a great start to the new year...
