Wheres the worst place you have ever ran out of petrol?

So my EJ6 ran out of petrol today inside the queens way tunnel, i have never been so scared in all my life.......police came and big up to transport coppers for once really saved my bacon towed me out and im waitin on some help omg what a nightmare.

My missus is coming with some petrol money now and a jump start.

lol jay how did u do that!
haha, can imagine you pressed up against the wall while cars are rushing past lol

lol omg ther couldent of been anywhere worse! was you skimping out or just trialing to see how much you could sqeeze out of a gallon?

i've always wanted to do it but im scared just incase that happens!

you mad man, I hardly let mine get low

unlucky!

Yeah shit scared , got recorded by soome chaves going past as well:-( so yeah well pissed, its taken 4 jumps to get it home its sounds as thiugh 1 battrys nackerd or 2 altanater fooked or i cant imagine what but wont turn over with out jump leadz on..... Need some help guys

try a battery off another car and give the guy u got it off some abuse

Thatswhat i was thinkin, battry but driving it works for abiut 5 10 mins then splutters and dies also engine lights on. :-( im gunna cry....

when my alernator went on the ek4 sir the speedo didnt work.
the alternator and speedo are on the same fuse. check the fuse first, if not you should checkthe alternator to see if its charging

battery, my ek was doin the same after i rebuilt it when it was on a shit battery

Yes dave nice one spedos not working too Revs work but no speed,

bad times....i was running low going through the mountains on the way back from uni (aberystwyth) at 5am on a sunday roughly 15 miles from civilisation...no mobile coverage and it was raining.....it was a long walk and ended with me buying new clocks for my scirocco!!!

Im hopin its a fuse and a charge on the battry

change the fuse and see how u go. chances are the alternators gone but fingers crossed its just the fuse lol

Wheres cheep other than ebay local 4 an altenator??

So if the engine light is on the dash would that mean the altinators gone???

if i remember correctly the light was on mine
if the speedo isnt working id say its the alternator.
have u checked the fuse yet?

Yeah all the fuses are good mate,

sounds like its the alternator then dude
theres loads of coupes being broken on ebay usually mate

Right had a good read whilst havin a bbq on me iphone, all sorted i have found i hope .......a blown fuse i missed and the engine mgmt light has gone out????? Feckin nightmare of a day wish me luck im gunna get a jump and shoot home halfords i think 7.5amp fuse for me washers lol

sounds like you might have sorted it dude
maybe jump starting it over-charged it or something, blowing the fuse

fingers crossed mate

There was a 10 amp instead of a 7.5 but started ..... Speedos still fooked ?????

mmm....well all signs point to the alternator then
now you will have to check if its charging. will need a volt meter, should be pushin out aroun 13volts

And mgmt light still prevails damnt it but at least it start on its own now. Any chance we. Ould move thread to engine tech as it could help other peeps....

Ran out Halfway round the stourbridge ring road about 50 yards away from the BP where i was headed to get petrol.

Also battery went flat while parked in a layby towards hagley somewhere...(Scott and Duane came and found me if i remember correctly??)