OK Guy's - Help another out !!!!!
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From: Chesterfield Virginia
OK Guy's - Help another out !!!!!
Drove all day Friday with no problems. Got gas (Shell 93 with 10% ethenol) added Chevron Tectron F/I cleaner. Everything still ok. Today I wash the car and start to take it for a ride. Have some hesitation and the car shuts off. Check engine light comes on and I can re-start just to get it back home with the hesitation and it cuts off in the garage. There are no codes. The battery is newer and holding above 13 volts. WTF ?????
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Originally Posted by Vassili
Drove all day Friday with no problems. Got gas (Shell 93 with 10% ethenol) added Chevron Tectron F/I cleaner. Everything still ok. Today I wash the car and start to take it for a ride. Have some hesitation and the car shuts off. Check engine light comes on and I can re-start just to get it back home with the hesitation and it cuts off in the garage. There are no codes. The battery is newer and holding above 13 volts. WTF ?????
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Did you add the Techron in BEFORE you put the gas in (per the instructions)? Shouldn't have mattered, but just thinking out loud. You never know when you might get a bad tank of gas, either. Was the gas truck there when you were filling up? (always avoid refueling if this is the case, because when the gas truck is filling up the tanks, there will be an increased amount of sediment because of the disturbance).
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Thanks everyone. The techtron went in before. I did move a cable while i was wiping down the engine. It hooked in, just in front of the throttle body intake on the intake hose. It moves 1/2 inch in and out. It was out at first, i then pushed it in and had the problem. I remembered what I did and pulled it out. It may have something to do with the air to gas mixing ratio. (just guessing) But it is running like a champ again. Can always trust and respect the answers I get on the forum.
