So the other day, all of a sudden, the car stalls at a light, won't restart for 30 seconds, then once it gets running I gotta stay on the gas. I was low on gas, but I'd been lower before, I run it low every tank actually. I was near a gas station, and so just for kicks, I fill up. It runs better, but the whole way home it ran terrible, bucking and hesitation, Check engine light on. I let it sit overnight, and it got better, but still not right, still bucking and hesitating. Figure I'd change the plugs (car has 55k) and the oil the next morning, and I let some Berrymans run down the intake hose. I let it soak overnight, hooked everything back up, went to take a five minute run before changing the oil, and it was running pretty good. Changed the oil and the spark plugs, now it's running like a scalded cat. Don't know what the hell happened, but 110 miles later, all is good. Don't know if I sucked something up from the bottom of the tank but I run it real low all the time for the 30k I've had the car. ('10 Justa).

 

Since you suspect running the car real low on gas might be a cause to the problem, why not just fill it up again as soon as the gas light turns on going forward?

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The gas light had just come on maybe 3 miles before. Computer said I had 82 miles to go until empty. There have been some situations where I was out late at night and gas stations were sparse and I had to go until it said there were 6 miles til empty, though I've never done that on purpose. On the norm, just because of my long commute and the location of gas stations in my area, I get gas when it says I have 40-50 miles left. I don't think that's running too low.