Unfortunately I think you have to believe that Nissan did put in a crappy gas tank (they are not as good as some of the fanboys think). It is a stupid design flaw and they haven't fixed the problem yet as I have a new gas tank and I still get the same problem. You have to fill up after each session, two if you really push it. Trust us on this, most of the time it will occur at mid turn or after the car comes out of the turn. If you are lucky, you will get a stutter and the car will start back up. If not, you might have to wait a little bit for the gas to get back into the right place to start it. Two days do seem a little extreme, but it doesn't surprise me if your tank is that low. Do a search on people having the car dying after long highway on ramp and how the car starts back up after they get to the dealership or when the tow truck arrives. There are more problems related to that than limp mode from oil temp too high.
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Originally Posted by scruffydog
Fuel starvation problem sounds to me more aligned with Fuel Pump going out, or like what most people right now are telling me, not enough fuel or fuel not reaching to the pump due to the hard turn I'm making.
I'm still not inclined on believe that's the case because I am taking my car to track April 6th and I like to hope my car will not crap out because my gas tank wasn't completely full. I don't think this is a common problem on the 370z and I like to think the car should not crap out (like the way I did) on the track just because they take a couple of twisties in a track at a half tank of gas. My car's engine completely shut off after that turn. Can you imagine what will happen if someone was going through some Cayon road and the same problem occurred? (Okay, I realize I'm totally over-reacting here)
I thought fuel starvation problems presents itself when a car is ungoing such a huge turn where there's enough lateral acceleration (G's) to cause the fuel to shift leaving no fuel to the fuel pump - which should happen only if there's really that insufficient amount of fuel where a car can undergo such a scenario at even at a half tank of gas.
I'm not denying the fact that fuel starvation can't happen even at a 85% amt of gas. I'm just saying I'm not sure if right now I'm incline to believe that was what happened to me. The car didn't start right after I restarted it. The fuel pump seem to work as the whole car smelled like gas after I kept trying to start it. If it was a fuel starvation issue, shouldn't the car start right back up?
I can somewhat relate this issue to a motorcycle i own which needs manual switch over for reserve tank. And this didn't seem like the same case.
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