Posted: May 04 2012 at 12:47pm | IP Logged

2002 Nissan frontier V6 3.3l

I made the mistake of running the truck low on gas one morning but figured I still had enough to get to the corner gas station.  I parked the truck at my house, turned it off, went inside for a few minutes, came back out and I couldn't get it to start.  The engine will will try and start but it wont catch.  I figured I had ran it dry so I put about a quarter tank in it and tried again, it started this time but only ran for about 30 seconds before dying, then it wouldn't start again, same problem. 

I replaced the fuel filter, thinking maybe I had clogged it.  While I had the gas line removed from the filter I had someone try and start the vehicle to check if the fuel pump was pumping, which it was (though I haven't checked the pressure).  The replaced fuel filter didn't fix anything either.  I noticed that I can smell gas from the engine comparmtent when I try to start so I assume that gas is getting to the engine.  I am considering problems with fuel injectors (though I imagine it would start even if one or two were bad) or the fuel pressure regulator.

Any thoughts?

Thanks