I bought a 1981 Westfalia today. 10 blocks from the previous owners home it started to run out of gas. 5 blocks later I coasted into a gas station barely sputtering on fumes and had 10 gallons pumped in. Now the van won't run. It will start and idle for 1.5 seconds and then it put-puts like it is running on one cylinder and then dies. What gives? At first I thought sediment had clogged the fuel filter, nope. I replaced that with no luck. Could the fuel pump have burned up while it ran dry for less than 2 minutes? What's the large canister that sits after the fuel pump? There's definately no obstruction between the tank and pump....I got a shower. Here's another one. The tank was bone dry when I added $20 of gas. The tank only took $18.50 (~9 gallons) and then proceeded to leak. ? Any help would be great. -John
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