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sidwaysparty
08-05-2008, 07:57 PM
well the other night my gf filled up our s13 with some gas from a gas station that isnt really well known. now about 3 hours later the car started to loose some power. i would shift a gear and put my foot into it and i the car would hesitate for a second then it would speed up. later that night it got to the point where the car was on the verge of stalling out and eventually did. now i know that the bad gas is probably part of the reason, but i was wondering if anyone else has had that same sort of problem and how did they fix it. granted we are getting a bigger fuel pump, fuel filter and a whole bunch of other stuff that the car needs anyway but i figured if someone has had this happen before they would know something we haven't thought of yet

FRISBEE
08-06-2008, 12:09 AM
get rid of the gas save it for your lawnmower, Put gas at only good name brand stations such a Chevron/Texaco, Shell, Sunoco those are my three pics.

sidwaysparty
08-06-2008, 07:49 PM
ya i use shell all the time in my WRX too. she just didn't realize there was much of a difference when she filled it up.

get rid of the gas save it for your lawnmower, Put gas at only good name brand stations such a Chevron/Texaco, Shell, Sunoco those are my three pics.

jdm510
08-09-2008, 01:13 PM
or maybe a injector???? quick way to check to while its running unplug each one at a time should have a change like you unpluged the spark plug wire


i been having the same kind of running problem it was the bottom O-ring on my injector going out.....weird

sidwaysparty
08-10-2008, 06:29 PM
ok i will try that as well

KC20DET
08-21-2008, 03:12 PM
Yeah i feel i cant fill anything beside 91 or the idel will be all whack.. and if i do fill up its eitehr cheveron or Shell. 76 n mobil sometimes. but NEVER ARCO....

alzahakar
08-22-2008, 08:09 AM
Might want to check your plugs too. Bad gas can foul one or more plugs.