Speaking of diesels, I was riding an excavator all day yesterday digging holes to bury brush, one not belonging to me, and the only one working at the site. Fuel gauge was on E when I got there, and it kept running for half a day, then ran out of fuel. I put ten gallons in and it was very hard starting. It would kick over and run for a few seconds, then die. After about ten-fifteen tries, it finally kept going. My old diesel truck, when it ran out of fuel, you had to put some fuel in another location in the engine besides the tank to get it started. Nobody to ask, so I just assumed since the mini is a much later machine, it wasn't required to do that, probably an obsolete procedure to put diesel elsewhere first nowadays. Just wondering, is that typical that when you run out of diesel, the engine is difficult starting and running properly? Maybe there is something else to aid starting, like with the throttle....going back and forth from low to higher rpms seemed to get the fuel moving finally, or whatever the deal was? Thanks.