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Old 04-07-2013, 09:57 AM   #1
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What are the signs of bad gas?

I'm pretty sure I got bad gas on the last fill up since there's a complete lack of power between 1-4k rpm, and it only starts to pull above that. It's really annoying because I feel like I'm revving the crap out of this thing trying to get away from a stop light. I am driving around aimlessly to get this garbage out of my tank so I can fill it up with Shell 93, but I just want to make sure that this is actually bad gas and not something worse.
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:11 AM   #2
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I feel like I'm revving the crap out of this thing trying to get away from a stop light. I
As in you have to dump the clutch??
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:26 AM   #3
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As in you have to dump the clutch??
No. I just have to rev the engine a lot to actually accelerate since the first 4k rpms feel useless. Getting moving isn't the problem.
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:33 AM   #4
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And no CEL?
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:36 AM   #5
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And no CEL?
Nope. Onstar Diagnostic checks out clean as well. That's why I think it's just bad gas.
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:40 AM   #6
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Did you get gas at a station you normally don't or something?
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:40 AM   #7
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When the room clears and people are running for the door. Chili!!!!
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Congratulatiions! You got through 6 posts before this took the turn!
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:43 AM   #9
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I usually fill it up at Exxon, but I was running low and those idiot weren't accepting credit cards for some reason. So I went to the next closest thing...










COSTCO!
It was 93, so I still don't see why it would cause that much of an issue. I only did it once, and I will never do it again.
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Old 04-07-2013, 11:59 AM   #11
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I know my car sat for around 5 months while I was stationed in Korea. Came back to my car that I hadn't drove but 1 month while I was on leave, and the CEL light came on. So you can figure how pissed I was with less then 500 miles and a CEL being thrown. Drove it around that night and took it to Autozone the next morning. Read the code and it was a Lean Bank 1 fault. I figured it may be bad gas since it sat for awhile and took it to the dealer. Well, as soon as I drove up the light went off lol. They checked it out, but nothing. Have drove it since then without any problems. I know this isn't your case, but just saying it may throw a CEL if you have bad gas.
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I know my car sat for around 5 months while I was stationed in Korea. Came back to my car that I hadn't drove but 1 month while I was on leave, and the CEL light came on. So you can figure how pissed I was with less then 500 miles and a CEL being thrown. Drove it around that night and took it to Autozone the next morning. Read the code and it was a Lean Bank 1 fault. I figured it may be bad gas since it sat for awhile and took it to the dealer. Well, as soon as I drove up the light went off lol. They checked it out, but nothing. Have drove it since then without any problems. I know this isn't your case, but just saying it may throw a CEL if you have bad gas.
Thanks for the info. I'm down to 50 miles of range so I can hopefully burn this crap off today.
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Old 04-07-2013, 12:39 PM   #13
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Thanks for the info. I'm down to 50 miles of range so I can hopefully burn this crap off today.
supercharged ZL1 says you should check your underwear to see how bad your gas is. Is he your pal or something? He always talks so highly of you Mikey.
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Old 04-07-2013, 01:01 PM   #14
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supercharged ZL1 says you should check your underwear to see how bad your gas is. Is he your pal or something? He always talks so highly of you Mikey.
DON'T GET ME STARTED
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