Does it just happen to me? (Running out of fuel)

synolimit

We do have a surge tank though. Granted it's extremely small but the fuel pump does sit in a tank of its own fuel. Also I read here someone quoting the designer of the Z it was never fully meant to be a sports car, just a sporty car. Hence the poor brake pads that overheat and fail, no factory oil cooler until 2012, rear differentials that can overheat and blow up, fuel starve etc. etc.

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Tadpole

The Z is engineered and sold as a street car. When you put it on the track expect to do a few changes to the above mentioned issues and problem solved.

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Zoren 370

precisely!! Why blame it on the car? That is why we have after market companies to solve this problems for track use.
Only 1% of Z buyers probably track their Z on a regular basis.

phunk

I bet less than 1% of the forum, and I bet the forums is less than 10% of owners!

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nis350

Totally agree... Also, I am sure some want everything on the Z, but will complain when they see the price increase. You get what you pay for.

90 ST

Happened again, 3 dots, no fuel picking up, and a dead car on side of highway. When I did get the car to a gas station I still had about 2 gal in the tank. I've run it lower then that before. PISSED me off!

GSS138

Me at track on sunday: Helmet check, gloves check, traction control off check, no less than 2 dots on fuel gauge unlit-OH SH!T.

Needless to say with just 3 dots not lit up on the fuel gauge, I could barely make it around the track, fuel starving in every right hander on the track. Completely ruined my third session. I would like to take someone from Nissan and shove them inside our fuel tank.

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Rusty

phunk's RRP, CHECK!

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Tadpole

1/2 tank of fuel or more....check

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G37Sam

I wonder if the engineers at Nissan are clueless to this fact or if they just decided it's not worth the investment to fix it.

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Merv

2000 rpms? Take it somewhere to get looked at. Maybe it's as simple as replacing a faulty sensor. you could try and reset the ecu,see if that works.

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Tadpole

This seems to be an issue Nissan needs to address. My fuel gage went from 5 dots to no dots in a course of 10 miles or less and I'm thinking I am about out of fuel. I gas up and can only get 14 to 15 gallons. Took my Z to the dealer with a half tank and told them the issue but they didn't drive it far enough. I told the service manager to take my z home and put some miles on it to get to the 5 dot mark and he would see what I was talking about. The next day I get a call and it did the same thing again. The sensors were off voltage wise and both were replaced.
If you get your sensors replaced I believe your running out of fuel issue will be resolved. I have had no issues since and when my Z shows no dots I have right at one gallon of fuel remaining.

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