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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 08:02 PM
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My 91 vette was running great till I put 7 gal of supreme gas just left the station and turned off would turn on but acting like it was starving for fuel then turned off again and engine would just turn over would not start finally got it home but not running right has lost of power and seems to get hot idle sometimes runs up to 1000 rpm in gear has new tps and new injectors and new iac
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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 10:24 PM
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Maybe you got bad gas. Drain gas, put in fresh fuel and see what happens.
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Old Aug 1, 2014 | 01:23 AM
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I'd talk to the people at the gas station. If they got diesel fuel in their premium tank, they'll have lots of complaints!

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Old Aug 1, 2014 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver96ce
Maybe you got bad gas. Drain gas, put in fresh fuel and see what happens.
And get the Fresh fuel from another station,might put in a can of seafoam with it.
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Could also be that water got into the storage tanks at the station.
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