with a half tank of gas i was able to fuel starve bad enough to shut off, on the street, a long 270 degree or so on-ramp at full tilt. Just as I was putting in throttle to pull out of the turn it sputtered and wouldnt accelerate. the engine was only spinning because it was in gear moving quickly, it wasnt actually running because there was no fuel injection. as soon as i put in the clutch peddle the RPMs dropped to zero and I coasted. Car refused to start.
With all the fuel on the drivers side of the tank, the fuel pump had no way to draw in any of it. the overtank siphon is "fueled" (lol) by the return fuel out of the integrated regulator. With no fuel pressure to even regulate, the siphon is dead, and cannot pull fuel to the passenger side of the tank.
what surprises me, is that the car started again for the OP eventually. All I can think of, is that the fuel must have gravity siphoned through the overtank hose while the car was at rest... otherwise i dont see how it would start again later. I had to add fuel to my tank to get mine to start (filler neck feeds the passenger side), but i only waited 5 minutes before heading off for gas, as I knew exactly what had happened. My friends and I even tried rocking the car left/right as hard as we could to see if we could slosh some over, lol. Perhaps if you had the car flatbed towed, the incline while loading and unloading it would allow fuel to equalize some.
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