I bet it is because you were so low on fuel it sucked up crap, just hope your fuel pump isn't next.
I too recently (as in last week) was on fumes, rather than stopping at garages I were unfamiliar with I drove to my local Esso instead, absolutely chocker, taxis use it all day every day, never heard of bad of fuel. Anyway, filled up, as I was pulling on to the road, car spluttered and coughed, I managed to get it home, not without looking like a bunny hopping dickhead though. My first thought was fuel too, but didn't believe it could be, called Esso, no reports of bad fuel. Long story short, my mechanic found my fuel pump failed, just coincidence it happened after I filled up, but might have been the low fuel that tipped the pump over the edge too, and mechanic said he'd never head of bad fuel from that garage or any Esso.
In my case, just bad luck, yours, crap in the filter starving your engine, you're lucky the SAM didn't shut it down.
I too recently (as in last week) was on fumes, rather than stopping at garages I were unfamiliar with I drove to my local Esso instead, absolutely chocker, taxis use it all day every day, never heard of bad of fuel. Anyway, filled up, as I was pulling on to the road, car spluttered and coughed, I managed to get it home, not without looking like a bunny hopping dickhead though. My first thought was fuel too, but didn't believe it could be, called Esso, no reports of bad fuel. Long story short, my mechanic found my fuel pump failed, just coincidence it happened after I filled up, but might have been the low fuel that tipped the pump over the edge too, and mechanic said he'd never head of bad fuel from that garage or any Esso.
In my case, just bad luck, yours, crap in the filter starving your engine, you're lucky the SAM didn't shut it down.