Just sitting here fuel starved

DEpointfive0 · 06-02-2013, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by G37Sam

Yeah I drove a 370Z for a weekend and it died at 3 dots. Found that a little weird for a sports car. Whoever designed that fuel tank had a little too much sake that day! should be shot!

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Rusty · 06-02-2013, 06:51 AM

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Engineering school?

red6spd · 06-02-2013, 09:13 AM

Never had a problem with low fuel let alone 3 dots. I have tried to duplicate this situation very close to my house by going really fast around on and exit ramps had 1 dot and eventually had a blinking warning on the car. I know some people will just say I was not pushing the car hard enough and maybe I was not but I definitely was pushing the car hard. I'm not saying the problem does not exist just weird how some people experience it and some do not just like oil consumption and the "horrible" shifting tranny that so many complain about.

Red__Zed · 06-02-2013, 09:45 AM

If your fuel tank looks different, please post pics.

red6spd · 06-02-2013, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

If your fuel tank looks different, please post pics.

I know what the setup looks like, you have shown it to me 50498509380538 times on other threads about this. All I'm saying is like horrible shifting and massive oil consumption two other huge complains on this forum I have never had this problem even if was going out of my way to cause the problem.

Red__Zed · 06-03-2013, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by red6spd

I know what the setup looks like, you have shown it to me 50498509380538 times on other threads about this. All I'm saying is like horrible shifting and massive oil consumption two other huge complains on this forum I have never had this problem even if was going out of my way to cause the problem.

I'm not sure what your point is. Oil consumption was an issue on certain cars, not all. Shift quality is a function of your expectations.

This is a design flaw, and something completely separate.

red6spd · 06-03-2013, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I'm not sure what your point is. Oil consumption was an issue on certain cars, not all. Shift quality is a function of your expectations.

This is a design flaw, and something completely separate.

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.

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.

TheGreatOne · 06-04-2013, 12:13 PM

Really sucky OP

Luckily its never happened, I've gone down to 1 or 2 dots where it tells me 65kms left, then 5 minutes later it will say 30km left lol. Craziness

I typically try to not go below a quater anyways

Luciano13 · 06-04-2013, 02:31 PM

^^^same here. ive never had that problem and ive had her go down to the last dot a few times. I know its not good to do that but some times you just have no choice. 3 dots is crazy stupid to run out lol

Chuck33079 · 06-04-2013, 02:36 PM

I always get gas between 250-275 miles on the tank, depending on how I've been driving it. Sometimes that's three dots, sometimes five. If I'm low on gas I don't beat on the car. I can only imagine what would happen if I hit fuel starvation under boost. Hopefully the car would just sputter and die.

JohnsZ · 06-14-2013, 03:32 PM

Yikes....because I drive about 100 miles per day, I usually stop for gas at 3 lights and even 2 at times and I never ran out. Looks like I got lucky! I won't be waiting that long for now on! Thanks for the info!

RN SHARK · 06-16-2013, 05:03 AM

All this 3 dot talk. Hell, I've been stuck on the side of the freeway from fuel starve with one dot OVER half! And just the other day it sputtered after a right hander at half tank, but I saved it from dying somehow. Drove directly to a gas station. Three dots. I wish.

06-02-2013, 09:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
red6spd A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 3,277 Drives: 2010 Z Coupe M6 SPT Rep Power: 21	Never had a problem with low fuel let alone 3 dots. I have tried to duplicate this situation very close to my house by going really fast around on and exit ramps had 1 dot and eventually had a blinking warning on the car. I know some people will just say I was not pushing the car hard enough and maybe I was not but I definitely was pushing the car hard. I'm not saying the problem does not exist just weird how some people experience it and some do not just like oil consumption and the "horrible" shifting tranny that so many complain about. __________________ 2010 Base+Sport 6spd: Stillen G3, FI Non-Resonated CBE, FI Non-Resonated Test Pipes, UpRev Tuned, Custom 24R Oil Cooler, JDM Rear Fog-OEM Harness. ???Whp ???WTQ (Will find out come spring time)

06-04-2013, 12:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheGreatOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Age: 47 Posts: 1,980 Drives: E60 BMW M5 Rep Power: 22	Really sucky OP Luckily its never happened, I've gone down to 1 or 2 dots where it tells me 65kms left, then 5 minutes later it will say 30km left lol. Craziness I typically try to not go below a quater anyways __________________ 2017 SUBARU STI 2008 E60 M5 - SOLD 2010 40th Anniversary 370Z - SOLD (and missing her)

06-04-2013, 02:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
Luciano13 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 2,130 Drives: 2016 Solid Redz Rep Power: 246	^^^same here. ive never had that problem and ive had her go down to the last dot a few times. I know its not good to do that but some times you just have no choice. 3 dots is crazy stupid to run out lol __________________ http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...lid-red-z.html

06-04-2013, 02:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	I always get gas between 250-275 miles on the tank, depending on how I've been driving it. Sometimes that's three dots, sometimes five. If I'm low on gas I don't beat on the car. I can only imagine what would happen if I hit fuel starvation under boost. Hopefully the car would just sputter and die. m4a1mustang likes this. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

06-16-2013, 05:03 AM	#13 (permalink)
RN SHARK Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Delafield, WI Age: 44 Posts: 618 Drives: 09 370Z, 14 SRT GC Rep Power: 35	All this 3 dot talk. Hell, I've been stuck on the side of the freeway from fuel starve with one dot OVER half! And just the other day it sputtered after a right hander at half tank, but I saved it from dying somehow. Drove directly to a gas station. Three dots. I wish. __________________ ___________ '09 6sp/Z1/PowerTrix/SPL/Swift/SRP/Whiteline/F.I.LTH&CBE/UpRev by Seb/CJM/Stillen/Ings+1/RJM/TrackSpec/Sparco/Motul/Wavetrac/Coolerworx/Verus/CraftSquare '14 SRT Grand Cherokee; '08 TL Type-S

06-02-2013, 09:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 120	If your fuel tank looks different, please post pics.

06-14-2013, 03:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
JohnsZ Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 374 Drives: '09 370Z Tour CY M6 Rep Power: 14	Yikes....because I drive about 100 miles per day, I usually stop for gas at 3 lights and even 2 at times and I never ran out. Looks like I got lucky! I won't be waiting that long for now on! Thanks for the info!

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