1994 Dodge Stealth Fuel Pump?

XDACARDSX

MEMBER
1994 DODGE STEALTH
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
90,000 MILES

My aunt let the car run out of gas and it sat there for over a year being started every once and a while. It always fired right up, this time the gas was ran out again I believe so I added about 2.5 gallons and It wont fire. I has spark and will run with starting fluid but nothing else. I took the main gas line off the fuel rail and turned it over and saw no fuel. Is my fuel pump bad or could it be something else?

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WRENCHTECH

MECHANIC
20,761 POSTS

In tank fuel pumps are cooled and lubricated by the fuel in the tank. When you run a car out of gas, it pumps a lot of air through the pump which overheats it and causes some severe wear and many times, failure when they cool off.
You will need to use a fuel pressure gauge to verify this