Car history, just purchased and was sitting for a very long time

2 weeks ago Car came from general repair shop with replaced plugs, fuel filter, air filters, alternator, fuel tank flush trying to fight the extreme lack of power issue.

Car came to me for extreme lack of power on a side job.
I have figured out it has a low fuel pressure issue. Fighting on/off for a week now.

At first it'd bogg down at medium load or greater not being able to accel past 40mph unless very light throttle used, Idles Good, Slow high RPM gain.The hotter/longer car runs the worse it gets. I told owner it was cat or fuel issue. The exhaust was rusted(moderate chassis rust over all, and underneat rear area of car). So the owner basiclly replace exhaust behind manifolds and back. Car comes back with same issue, no better or worse

Scanned and MAF completely STUCK at 3.6 volts. Installed known good MAF and fixed that issue about 1.2-1.6V @ idle and clean sweep up to 4V under accel. MAF only had a very slight improvement of idle smoothness

AFM code only from bad MAF .no other codes , o2s banging back and forth lightning fast @2k RPM, injector balance okay good TPS voltage sweep, boost test with boost pro's tester to 10psi no issues

Car runs only very slightly better after MAF. Hook up fuel pressure guage, good fuel pressure at idle 35-40ish. But well driving fuel PSI drops lower the harder I hit the gas down to 5-10ish PSI car bucks boggs down very violently.

Install fuel pump. car drives good for one day and comes back
Double check my fuel pump install(fuel line from pump outlet to pump retaining assembly) I thought fuel could have been bleeding from this small line, i replace spring clamps with screw clamps to insure no leaking in the fuel tank internally. Then i install known good fuel pressure regulator, dampener, and recheck fuel filter. Car is runs strongest is ever has Can now hit redline. Car warms up and runs like trash all over again. Note the fuel in the tank is still nasty rusty and not see through like normal gas, the fuel pump bracket retainer was rusted.

check Fuel pump signals 3 wires to pump, low and high speed, but 2 channel proble on, one on high, one on low, plus ground. Oddly i have a constant battery voltage to the pump idling and driving hard, Why no low speed lower voltage signal at idle?

So i try known good fuel pump controller module, no fix.

so hears a breakdown of attemps:

initial fuel flush
MAF sensor nissan oe
fuel filter nissan oe
fuel pump Brand new nis oe
fuel pressure regulator and dampener nis oe
fuel pump controller module nis oe

any suggestions why the car would have low fuel pressure after heat soaked

Tomorrow I will test and monitor 02s, MAF, inj pulse width. with nprobe Monitor fuel and timing map position with Nistune
will try known good ECU. I hate part swapping but i've been lead down this road of attempts. Initially on my first drive i knew it was going to be a combo of causes, discovering bad MAF sensor, and dirty rusty fuel. Why is rust in tank, is there still moisture in tank. Can a warmed up fuel pump not pressurise dirty fuel? I will probably reflush it again.

this is my car but the guy who is working on it.
Dane Millar Spooly D from tt.net

 

you didn't drain the old gas out and put in new gas?

 

sounds like you got a LOT of water in the fuel. I am betting if you toss on a brand new fuel filter it will run again for perhaps another day. Try that 8 dollar fix.


After posting that I figure you will think I didn't read your post. I did, I realize you already replaced the fuel filter. Replace it again.

 

the guy working on the car said he drained the old tank and put new gas in it and he blew out the fuel filter and it was full of black chunks so its running fine as of yesterday and hes working on another Z right now and said he will drain the gas again put fresh gas in there and drive it a little more to be sure. Said the tank was full of rust!

 

it will never stop rusting. The tank will have to be replaced or recoated with an epoxy. Blowing out the filter will only cause holes in the filter media and let more crap get to the engine. You really don't want rust particles in your engine. I would suggest another new filter and get the tank replaced/recoated.

 

whats the best place to get a tank from?

 

call coz @ www.czp.us or check the link here http://www.300zx.lv/catalog/?gr=B&sec=172&pic=D01 get the part number then go to www.everythingnissan.com then oem part search then put the part number and you will see the price but it's for TT not sure about NA. they may not be the same. hope this help.

 

From what you are writing I think it could be a gas draining problem.

 

replaced the gas tank and the car is running fine now!!!
atleast for now lol.
thanx for all the help guys!

 

someone parting out their Z, Z1 and if you can find one at the Wrecking yard, well there.