# 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight - Ran out of gas, now issues

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-oldsmobile-eighty-eight-ran-out-of-gas-now-issues/138123>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** oldsmobile\
**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-oldsmobile-eighty-eight-ran-out-of-gas-now-issues/138123 "2019-04-08T02:21:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tomasich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Tomasich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tomasich)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-oldsmobile-eighty-eight-ran-out-of-gas-now-issues/138123/1 "2019-04-08T02:21:25Z")

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My 1990!oldsmobile delta 88 was ran out of gas by my daughter now it is running bad Please tell me what to do

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-oldsmobile-eighty-eight-ran-out-of-gas-now-issues/138123/2 "2019-04-08T12:50:25Z")

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Running out of gas is very bad for the fuel pump.  
You could have the fuel pressure checked. Then go from there.

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**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-oldsmobile-eighty-eight-ran-out-of-gas-now-issues/138123/3 "2019-04-08T16:27:57Z")

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Yeah you probably destroyed the fuel pump by running it dry . Budget accordingly .