Just sitting here fuel starved

Red__Zed · 06-03-2013, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by red6spd

No no, I'm not talking about shift quality. I have said over and over again the Tranny is noisy while shifting and can sound clunky. I'm talking about the reports of grinding gears, missing shifts, and hard shifting. 3 years old 26k and mine still shifts smooth with the movement of one finger.

Don't you have the 3rd revision of the transmission in your 2010?

Regardless, this thread is about fuel starvation, not shift quality. There are other threads for those topics.

red6spd · 06-04-2013, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Don't you have the 3rd revision of the transmission in your 2010?

Regardless, this thread is about fuel starvation, not shift quality. There are other threads for those topics.

Don't know don't care.

JARblue · 06-04-2013, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

All the cars have the same gas tank design, and the same risk present powering out of a right hander. You don't even have to experience it to see the risk

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

If your fuel tank looks different, please post pics.

You mean all 370Z cars, right? Cause I recently helped a buddy reinstall his Suburban gas tank (he replaced the fuel sending unit), and that thing is exactly what I would expect a fuel tank to look like - a big rectangle, more or less flat on the bottom. The Z's tank is shaped like that because of the rear strut brace if I'm not mistaken. Terrible design flaw... worst on the vehicle IMO

I run my tank down to empty (0 dots, --- Miles Remaining) more than 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time I fill up with less than 3 dots remaining. I have never experienced this problem, but that's because I'm fully aware of it. I'm not extra cautious on right hand turns or anything, but I am definitely aware not to push too hard when gas is low.

Red__Zed · 06-05-2013, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

You mean all 370Z cars, right? Cause I recently helped a buddy reinstall his Suburban gas tank (he replaced the fuel sending unit), and that thing is exactly what I would expect a fuel tank to look like - a big rectangle, more or less flat on the bottom. The Z's tank is shaped like that because of the rear strut brace if I'm not mistaken. Terrible design flaw... worst on the vehicle IMO

I run my tank down to empty (0 dots, --- Miles Remaining) more than 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time I fill up with less than 3 dots remaining. I have never experienced this problem, but that's because I'm fully aware of it. I'm not extra cautious on right hand turns or anything, but I am definitely aware not to push too hard when gas is low.

Yes, sorry if that wasnt clear. It's probably not fair to say the 370 is completely unique in its tank design, but it's certainly an odd bit of engineering.

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