Ran out of gas: did I hurt my Jeep?

[Surfer_Gurl]

Hi, all! My first post here, and I usually spend sone time getting to know the 'neighborhood' before I ask for help, but I've come up with a situation tonight that I would appreciate advise on.

I have a 1997 Grand Cherokee Laredo with fuel injection. Sometime last nighe, someone siphoned all my gas out, which I didn't notice until I stalled a couple of miles out of my driveway. My motor club called a tow truck, the gentleman put 2 gallons in my Jeep... wouldn't start. As it was on a bit of a slant, and getting very cold, he just towed it home for me... still wouldn't start.

My background: Did all my own work on early VW's, including full rebuilds & rewire (lavender & baby blue wiring - very pretty 1960 bus), so I can read a manual and twist a wrench. Minor work on my 1984 Cherokee Pioneer - power steering unit, clutch master cylinder, some electrical. I've never worked on this Jeep, and know nothing about fuel injection, except that its a big no-no to run out of gas.

Any advise/pointers? Thanks in advance

 

[MudderChuck]

Running out of gas, can overheat the fuel pump. I´m not real good at the post 96 XJ´s haven´t worked on more than a few. First thing I´d do is make sure I have plenty of fuel in the tank.
My first guess, would be air in the fuel rail and I honestly don´t have a clue as to how to unhook your fuel lines and check for pressure (know my 96 is a pain).

There are some very sharp guys at www.naxja.org , make a post in the stock board. Saying Jneary help or Eagle or 5-90. Ask them for there best guess

 

[Surfer_Gurl]

RE: Shocks for the money

Thanks, MudderChuck, I'm heading to that site to ask there, too. Sure hope this is just air! I'll be back to let ya know.

 

[bchcky]

try www.nagca.com mudder must have misread, or you had a typo, either way an xj does not equal the grand cherokee that you said you have. so if you mis-typed, listen to mudder, if he mis-read, go to the site i wrote.

 

[MudderChuck]

try www.nagca.com mudder must have misread, or you had a typo, either way an xj does not equal the grand cherokee that you said you have. so if you mis-typed, listen to mudder, if he mis-read, go to the site i wrote.

I stand corrected, zeroed in on the Cherokee Loredo, read over the grand.
But Jneary is shop forman for (to hear him tell it) one of the better dealerships. He is pretty darned sharp on most any Jeep. If it´s the I-6 motor, they share much of the same tech. with the XJ.

 

[graewulf]

check the fuel filters first. you might have sucked junk in and clogged them/