Just cut out on the Fwy, fuel issue Options

[johnpierre]

hello 914 community

so I was driving the other Sunday - nice drive with no traffic due to covid, doing 80 on the 405 heading south, for those of you that don't live in LA, that is in LA ;-) and then all of a sudden I just lost power.

it sounded like I ran out of gas but that of course is impossible as the tank was 1/2 full. I have a 73, 1.7 fuel injected engine and I have never had this issue.

I suppose I can tow the car to a garage but I thought I might put this out there in case this sounds familiar to anyone and I could try to troubleshoot the issue first. is there anything I can check rather easily to solve this? has this happened to anyone else under these conditions?

I looked all around the top of the engine as best I could when it happened and I didn't see anything disconcerted or otherwise out of place - but then again I don't really know what I was looking for and it was hot so I really could feel around that much.

-jp-

[trick-e]

I didn’t read all of the responses, but I’m just solving a similar issue.
Mine progressively got a little harder to start, and sometimes it wouldn’t. Now, it won’t start at all.

Confirm the pump runs when turning the key. If it does spray starter fluid into the throttle body to confirm it tries to start. If it tries, change the fuel filter first.
Next, Remove the fuel sender and/or expansion tank.
Shine a flash light into the tank.

How does the strainer look? Mine looked like someone had sealed the tank with that little mesh strainer in place. It was only a matter of time.
I’ll be pulling the tank and putting in a new strainer.