First Fuel Starve on 8 year old Z

ltullos · 11-16-2017, 02:54 AM

I experienced a similar problem at around 78K mi and found that both fuel pickups had to be replaced. Fortunately, my extended warranty paid for itself on this one. The first symptom was that I had severe fuel starvation at the track with over 3/4 tank at places I never had before. Then a few days later even though I had nearly a full tank, the reported level suddenly dropped to half. This was intermittent for a few days, but by the time I took it to the dealer it became constant. They found that the level sensor was broken on one side and that the mount was broken on the other such that the pump was just laying in the bottom.

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mcphelps · 11-18-2017, 06:16 PM

The latest is that yesterday the fuel gauge quit working altogether...no dots at all. I guess I'll pull the floats out and try to figure out what going on. Out of warranty...

ZinEU · 01-27-2018, 03:13 PM

What was your fix mcphelps? Everthing you said in the first message and your last fits my same problem that just started 4 days ago. I havent had a chance to mess with it yet just researching. Thanks!

mcphelps · 01-30-2018, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ZinEU

What was your fix mcphelps? Everthing you said in the first message and your last fits my same problem that just started 4 days ago. I havent had a chance to mess with it yet just researching. Thanks!

I'm currently still living with it. The fuel gauge has been intermittent. It will starve with 3/4 tank now. I will be tearing it apart soon, as it left my wife stranded, showing 1/4 gas, and 300 miles since last fill up. Adding gas got her going.

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11-16-2017, 02:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
ltullos Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: DFW Posts: 312 Drives: 2016 Nismo Tech MT Rep Power: 16	I experienced a similar problem at around 78K mi and found that both fuel pickups had to be replaced. Fortunately, my extended warranty paid for itself on this one. The first symptom was that I had severe fuel starvation at the track with over 3/4 tank at places I never had before. Then a few days later even though I had nearly a full tank, the reported level suddenly dropped to half. This was intermittent for a few days, but by the time I took it to the dealer it became constant. They found that the level sensor was broken on one side and that the mount was broken on the other such that the pump was just laying in the bottom. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

11-18-2017, 06:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
mcphelps Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 67 Posts: 113 Drives: 09 Sprt/Tr/Nav PG M6 Rep Power: 18	The latest is that yesterday the fuel gauge quit working altogether...no dots at all. I guess I'll pull the floats out and try to figure out what going on. Out of warranty...

01-27-2018, 03:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
ZinEU Base Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Germany Posts: 18 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z 6MT Rep Power: 12	What was your fix mcphelps? Everthing you said in the first message and your last fits my same problem that just started 4 days ago. I havent had a chance to mess with it yet just researching. Thanks!