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LGAFF · 09-28-2008

Have not had the Z out for 3 weeks. I was geared up this morning, going to run a few times at the track after putting the new injectors on.

-Helmet check
-sockets-check
-torx head screw drivers-check
-pen-check (the guy at the tech inspection hates it when you don't have one)

I hit the road, well over 1/4 tank of gas, and meeting Dominic at a BP so I will just top off there. I get about 7 miles, car starts to chug, then dies. I get out, check things, everything is plugged in, etc. The car will start and idle but dies after a few minutes. It cannot drive and dies when under load. I get in the car and listern.....I can barely hear a fuel pump.
-No codes
Call the tow truck.....I let them know that they can find me on rte 47, right across from the Mobile Gas Station.

-$100 to tow it back

After a few calls, I decide it must be the primary fuel pump. I replace the pump and go to put the assembly back into the car.......uhhhh......the tank is empty. I pull the assemly out, the float seem to move without obstruction....I put it back in and go an turn on the car.....

Tank shows as empty!

Nuff said.......day ruined.

Lessons Learned:
1) Always start with the obvious even when it seems to not be possible.
2)There isn't a-"No Gas" code

3)If you drive your car more you'd probably notice that the gas guage was not right.

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234

-=Jeff=- · 09-28-2008

Although the Fuel pump would have cost less then a tank a gas

Paul Workman · 09-28-2008

I've done similar, Lee. Now I don't feel so bad!

But, anyway, you get today's

DOH!

Prize!!

GOLDCYLON · 09-28-2008

Which is why, 100% exactly the reason why I set the trip odometer at every fill up for that one phenomenal gas mileage week.

I would like to pass this $100 savings tip on you now!!!!!

-=Jeff=- · 09-28-2008

Towing car home after stalling across from a Mobil station= $100
New Auto Zone Primary fuel pump= $80
Finding out the whole reason was an empty tank of gas = PRICELESS

09-28-2008

LGAFF,
Mine always show LOW FUEL even when i fill the tank , so i never had same as you did.

I ALWAYS Think i am out of fuel...so i fill it again.illusion??

LGAFF · 09-28-2008

Autozone pump=free-warranty for dumb*** not looking in the tank first.

Technically, the fuel pump did not work........because there was no gas.

I did not have a low fuel light, tow truck driver even checked it before he hooked up the car....he said you never know...he see's it all the time.

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234

Toyvet1 · 09-28-2008

Lee you are braver man than I am to admit it. I would insist that it was a pump.

LGAFF · 09-28-2008

i will have to blame the paint i have been huffing all weekend as I paint my garage, undoubtedly I have suffered irreversible damage.

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234

WB9MCW · 09-28-2008

You and the BRIT are in the same CLUB now!!!

While driving around Beverly Hills in her new Mercedes convertible yesterday, Britney Spears (and an unidentified driver) ran out of gas and had to be pushed to a gas station by a few police officers. At the station Britney could be overheard telling the officers she didnâ€™t know about the whole â€œgas thingyâ€ because her normal mode of transportation runs on feed.

Who runs out of gas with a car like that? If she doesn't know the difference between a shirt and a dress she can't possibly have enough brain to fill up.

09-28-2008	#1
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Dumb* move of the day** Have not had the Z out for 3 weeks. I was geared up this morning, going to run a few times at the track after putting the new injectors on. -Helmet check -sockets-check -torx head screw drivers-check -pen-check (the guy at the tech inspection hates it when you don't have one) I hit the road, well over 1/4 tank of gas, and meeting Dominic at a BP so I will just top off there. I get about 7 miles, car starts to chug, then dies. I get out, check things, everything is plugged in, etc. The car will start and idle but dies after a few minutes. It cannot drive and dies when under load. I get in the car and listern.....I can barely hear a fuel pump. -No codes Call the tow truck.....I let them know that they can find me on rte 47, right across from the Mobile Gas Station. -$100 to tow it back After a few calls, I decide it must be the primary fuel pump. I replace the pump and go to put the assembly back into the car.......uhhhh......the tank is empty. I pull the assemly out, the float seem to move without obstruction....I put it back in and go an turn on the car..... Tank shows as empty! Nuff said.......day ruined. Lessons Learned: 1) Always start with the obvious even when it seems to not be possible. 2)There isn't a-"No Gas" code 3)If you drive your car more you'd probably notice that the gas guage was not right. LGAFF 92 ZR1 #234 Last edited by LGAFF; 09-28-2008 at 07:47 PM.

09-28-2008	#3
Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,493	Ooooooh yeah..... I've done similar, Lee. Now I don't feel so bad! But, anyway, you get today's DOH! Prize!!

09-28-2008	#4
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	Re: Dumb* move of the day** Which is why, 100% exactly the reason why I set the trip odometer at every fill up for that one phenomenal gas mileage week. I would like to pass this $100 savings tip on you now!!!!! __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V

09-28-2008	#5
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,169	Re: Dumb* move of the day** Towing car home after stalling across from a Mobil station= $100 New Auto Zone Primary fuel pump= $80 Finding out the whole reason was an empty tank of gas = PRICELESS __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978

09-28-2008	#6
HADI-ZR1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Dumb* move of the day** LGAFF, Mine always show LOW FUEL even when i fill the tank , so i never had same as you did. I ALWAYS Think i am out of fuel...so i fill it again.illusion?? Last edited by HADI-ZR1; 09-28-2008 at 08:53 PM.

09-28-2008	#2
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,169	Re: Dumb* move of the day** Although the Fuel pump would have cost less then a tank a gas __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978

09-28-2008	#7
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: Dumb* move of the day Autozone pump=free-warranty for dumb* not looking in the tank first. Technically, the fuel pump did not work........because there was no gas. I did not have a low fuel light, tow truck driver even checked it before he hooked up the car....he said you never know...he see's it all the time. LGAFF 92 ZR1 #234

09-28-2008	#8
Toyvet1 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bloomingdale, Il Posts: 330	Re: Dumb* move of the day** Lee you are braver man than I am to admit it. I would insist that it was a pump.

09-28-2008	#9
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: Dumb* move of the day** i will have to blame the paint i have been huffing all weekend as I paint my garage, undoubtedly I have suffered irreversible damage. LGAFF 92 ZR1 #234

09-28-2008	#10
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Dumb* move of the day You and the BRIT are in the same CLUB now!!!** While driving around Beverly Hills in her new Mercedes convertible yesterday, Britney Spears (and an unidentified driver) ran out of gas and had to be pushed to a gas station by a few police officers. At the station Britney could be overheard telling the officers she didnâ€™t know about the whole â€œgas thingyâ€ because her normal mode of transportation runs on feed. Who runs out of gas with a car like that? If she doesn't know the difference between a shirt and a dress she can't possibly have enough brain to fill up. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln