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So today I parked the stagea on a gradient sloping to the left. I had about 1/4 tank of fuel left, and did notice that the gauge went right down to empty on the slope. No biggie, I thought to myself.

Well when I went to start the car again, it wouldnt start. It cranked but only the odd cylinder fired.

I had to roll the car in neutral onto flat ground before it would fire.

Normal? Just a quirk of the car?

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Sadly....I to have had this problem...Lol...was more of a slope to the left though

Had to get me some fuel...Started then cut out....had to get him to push me backwards till i was on a diff angle so the fuel pump was covered again :/

Im getting the exact same problem on my driveway with a full tank of juice.. and sporadic.. took it for a two hour drive thursday night .. come home park on the drive , after refueling to a full tank... refuses to start. heaps of battery. Then i leave it for an hour play with the shifter .. finally starts in nuetral... Then starts again in park.

Then the following day.. refuses to start again.. full battery power lights are beaming.. im thinking shift lock or starter motor.. anyone else got any ideas?

did however notice it made a few slow spins of the starter when it did start like a dying battery or dying starter motor.. then the following day made clicks. now does nothing.

yeah shes a 2T brick where she sits.. need it towed ..starter motor is screwed.

Edited by PetroDola

It happened to me a lot. I either dont let it go below a quarter full or turn the car so its nose down!!! Took me three goes at running out of fuel before I got the hint that I really need to watch the tank though...

are you kidding? this happening on m35 too? God they fixed this sh!t on most cars in the 80s!

Not sure about the issues with starting it on the slope, but our fuel gauge can definitely respond poorly. I parked on the road outside my house last night for a few hours, trades people were on the drive way when I got home, when I went to move the car later that night the gauge had mysteriously dropped 25%.

are you kidding? this happening on m35 too? God they fixed this sh!t on most cars in the 80s!

no it was pure coincidence which happened to be on the steep drive..later realising my starter motor died .. didnt realise that nissan starters have a tendancy to just work then not work .. with no warning.. unlike other cars that generally give you slow turnover symptom similar to a battery dying.

Edited by PetroDola

I don't know if it would help, but I think if I had these issues when the tank got low I think I would check my cradle; see that it hadn't moved from where it's supposed to be, that the pump was mounted properly, check the actual level in the tank. 'Cause even when the level is really low, the cradle generally keeps enough around the pump to keep it submersed. And I know that even when you get the cradle out of the car, it's actually pretty difficult to empty that fuel OUT. So it should still be seeing some fuel...?

yep happened to me after work, just worked an 11 hour shift and that was the last thing i needed. The pick up must be on the drivers side cause my car was sloping toward the gutter and i had a quarter of a tank. It started but it soon died before i could take off. Pain in the arse

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slightly off the topic but to do with fuel gage part.

I notices that when I thrash it for a good ten minutes or so my fuel take gage drops about 20%. then as I go back to normal it slowly comes back up. could this be something to do with the G-force?(Even though there wouldnt be much at all with my fridge)

slightly off the topic but to do with fuel gage part.

I notices that when I thrash it for a good ten minutes or so my fuel take gage drops about 20%. then as I go back to normal it slowly comes back up. could this be something to do with the G-force?(Even though there wouldnt be much at all with my fridge)

Can't confirm, but been told the V35/M35 fuel gauge acts as a fuel consumption gauge too, so if you thrash it it'll say you have less but if you drive conservatively it'll give you more.

But this could be 100% wrong, just what I heard through a random stagea/nissan convo.

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