My wife ran her '98 LE 4-banger out of gas about a week ago and we have had some problems since. The car didn't actually stall out from lack of gas driving, but rather wouldn't start in the parking lot after a stop. Tossing in a couple of gallons got it running. However, since then we are having some intermittent problems that were not present before. Two times since running it out of gas the car has had trouble idling, and in a third instance, it wouldn't start at all. In each case, the problem only lasted for a bit and then started behaving normally again. The rest of the time, it runs perfectly.
Does this sound like injector damage? To me, the problems we've had seem too random; I would expect the car to run poorly most or all the time instead of just once in an while if the problem was damaged injectors.
If it's not injector damage, what else might it be? Seems like a pretty big coincidence that these problems started right after running dry. Any help would be appreciated.
-- Magnusfarce