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Doug, almost the exact same thing happened to me in my CSX6000 car shortly after I acquired it, but mine sputtered for a couple miles before finally quitting. I thought it was bad gas or debris in the carb. The electric pumps fired it right up and let me get to the nearest station.
The story goes is that originally with the S/C cars, since they were basically race cars, the thinking was that a fuel gauge was not needed, so only a fuel pressure gauge existed, and the way that the driver could tell he was low on fuel in a race was when the fuel pressure dropped on the gauge, and then the driver would flip the switch for the electric pumps (which had a lower pickup on the tank than the mechanical pump) and would give the driver another lap or so to come in for fuel. Since the CSX4000/6000 cars are set up like the original S/C cars, we have the same mechanical/dual electric fuel pump system with higher/lower pickup points on the tank. Pretty cool.
Alan
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