Car died today

ChrisSlicks

It happened to me at Auto-X one time at around 1/4 tank, much harder driving and the cut was only a couple of seconds. This time the cut was permanent.

Yes, I tried shutting the car completely down and starting again but it made no difference. It would try to start but fail. I think perhaps if I was level ground it would have helped but pointing uphill is apparently a problem.

I only considered the sender because I broke mine in my old G35. Bent the rod that the float attaches to from excessive g-forces. The gauge got stuck at half tank, when the car started to splutter and noticed I had gone nearly 500 miles on a tank of gas I knew there was a problem.

shadow2k

I started my old Taurus up in the garage, backed it into the driveway, and turned it off one day. The driveway is on an incline, and it was not registering the 1/4 tank it had just a second ago in the garage. I stuck another gallon in, still no dice, wouldn't start.

I had to roll it out into the street on a level surface to start her back up. The Taurus' fuel sensor will cause that issue on inclines due to its placement in the gas tank. If what little gas is left is pooled up in the back, it will think it's empty.

Not sure where the Z's sensor is located, but it could likely be caused by the same thing. Whether it's a hill, or you're taking hard turns and moving all the fuel to an area where the sensor won't see it.

Just a guess...

ChrisSlicks

I think that is the case, however it's not really the sensor but rather the fuel pickup. If the pickup isn't completely submerged in fuel, the pump can't reach the required pressure on the fuel line and the injectors won't fire.