turboIIrotary

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everytime i get low on gas my car starts to act funny like stutters/hesitates does this happen to some of your cars?

XxMerlinxX

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When's the last time you changed the fuel filter?

rexhvn

Mines does at about 1500RPM...but mines because of the shitty wiring to the gearbox, so it jerks around...

rexhvn

^^ sorry, mine does it on deacceleration... but when on gas, its fine...

TK7

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yes~! it does. if i get real close to empty it starts hesitating/stuttering.

just noticed this a week ago

turboIIrotary

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im going to change my fuel filter i need t do that

cptpain

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its called FUEL SLOSH..... the reason why this happens is because the fuel pump is not in a very efficient surge tank in the fuel tank.

there was a GB on a fix for this a while ago, im sure if you search you'll find it. and it has been proven.

Sgtblue

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You shouldn't be letting the fuel level get that low. Hard throttle at the wrong time and it might get expensive.

AdamBench

ya mine did this once and i have never let it get low since

FDdragon

yeah, well mine does it at idle....well not a lot but it doesnt stay at a steady idle. i can hear and feel the small stutters. i am idling at around 750.

i always fill up when i get around 1/4 tank so i dont think im low enough to feel anything.

DaveW

I've never had that happen during normal driving, and it has many, many times been low enough to turn on the "low fuel" light. I have, early on in my experience with the car, had it happen at high lateral G-loads (I don't let this happen any more - as Sgtblue says, fuel starvation is dangerous to the health of the motor), but no other time.

If it is happening during normal driving, you have a fuel pick-up issue or (less likely) a fuel pump issue.

Gorilla RE

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This is fairly common in pre-93 rx-7's because the baffling in the tank is plastic and it has a tendency to fall apart over time. When you get low on fuel, sloshing becomes an issue because it allows air to get into the pump. I have mostly found this to be true during spirited driving (on really low fuel).
-GRE