Today I found out just how long a car will run without a functioning fuel pump.
If you take the air filter out and saturate it in unleaded it is possible to do a three point turn, repeat until the thing is wedged into a hedge and out of the way.
Do this three times and the engine is now hot enough to open the thermostat and burp out all the air.
I wonder if the new powered by fairy farts fuel is causing mischief in a 1998 Micra
" Nissan
E10 petrol is cleared for use in all models with petrol engines from 1st January 2000. Older petrol models should continue to use E5."
Great