cut off at 3.5-4, backfire, and then stall :confused::confused::confused:

[kenshinS14sks]

sr20, fmic, bov, apexi filter for turbo

so the other day i was washing my car and hosed down my engine area, soaped it and let it dry for a few hours. . . ( i dont know if this was the culprit but i just wanted to give the history)

and then i was chugging along on the freeway, low rpm shifts like 3 ish and then after i traveled about 10 miles cruising at around 3000 rpms 70 mph or so

i push the engine past the 3's and at around 3.5 - 4000 rpms engine cuts off and so i let off of the accelerator ( i was very low on gas, so i was like . . . gas???) so i try a few more times and let off and it starts backfiring LOUD POPS as the rpms drop. and so in fear i exit and try revving in neutral and same thing 4000 rpmish cut cut cut and let go accel and POP POP POP!!! and then it drops and stalls . . . engine won't turn on

and then i let it sit for a minute and then it turns cranks and ON! luckily im in front of the gas station . . .fill up my tank and everything is fine.

any guesses on what it may have been???? im just baffled

[MyLevinGTZ]

blah blah blah
i was very low on gas, so i was like . . . gas
blah blah blah


you win.

what do you blame your growling stomach on when you are hungry?

[xyooj180sx]

yep, your car was just hungry.

[MyLevinGTZ]

Xyooj? from FFXI? can't be >.>

[kenshinS14sks]

wait really??? . . . cut offs and then pop pop POP all because of super low gas? why the pops? =i . . . i wouldn't consider that grumblings more like angry explosions of shart

[Steveohoes]

how much gas did you have when it happend?
if you had enough gas then it MIGHT be the MAF.

[MyLevinGTZ]

car starts to run lean.

[kenshinS14sks]

oh wow. . . and here i was freaking out . car literally had like maaaaaaaaaybe 1/8th of a tank . .. if that. it was below the e, and right around the 300 mile mark on how much my car can go without running out

[LA_phantom_240]

Moral of the story: Your fuel gauge is on the dash for a reason.