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Old Jan 15, 2016 | 11:28 AM
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My 1994 C4 has 12K miles. Everything was running fine until I went to start it after adding a fuel stabilizer. The next time I started it everything was running smooth. I stopped for about 15 minutes and then when I restarted the motor it backfired and ran so ruff that I had to limp it back to the garage. After it sat in the garage, during cold weather, I started it and it seemed to run normal. When I attempted to return it to the garage the same ruff idle and backfire started again. Any ideas?
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Old Jan 17, 2016 | 11:02 PM
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did you mix it well while fueling or just dump it in.
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Old Jan 18, 2016 | 11:04 AM
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did you mix it well while fueling or just dump it in.
No I just followed the direction on the container.
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Old Jan 22, 2016 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Lou Pastoria
No I just followed the direction on the container.
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Well-that's exactly what mine did-right out of the blue. Turned out to be the OPTI! Your adding stable, and then having this happen, may have just been coincidence. Mine is a 94 with 27000 miles so I was shocked that it was the OPTISPARK. Best wishes
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Old Jan 22, 2016 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ronniev
Well-that's exactly what mine did-right out of the blue. Turned out to be the OPTI! Your adding stable, and then having this happen, may have just been coincidence. Mine is a 94 with 27000 miles so I was shocked that it was the OPTISPARK. Best wishes
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