My 95 xj6 ran out of gas, I put about 4 gallons in it and it did not start it tried to but did not start, any suggestions.
Goldcat95

 

Yep.

1) You have more than likely fried the fuel pump, they LUV running dry, NOT.

2) The fuel filter is blocked, not as likely as (1).

The fuel pump is "tank out" to replace. The fuel filter is in board of the RHR wheel.

 

Did you run out of gas because the fuel gauge is faulty or because you said to yourself, "I know the gauge says 'EMPTY' but I only have 20 miles to go and she'll make it" ?
If the fuel gauge is faulty, a quick fix that we used to use was to drop a table tennis ball into the tank via the filler cap. It's a bit trickier to do that these days what with anti-theft devises to stop petrol theft but I'm sure there are still ways.
How it worked was that during the normal course of events, the ball would ride on top of the petrol, but when the petrol got to a low level in the tank the ball would bounce around a bit and make some noise. When you heard it, put some gas in the tank.
It saved my bacon on a 1956 Ford Anglia and an Austin Westminster.