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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:10 AM
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Could ****ty gas cause the check engine light to go off? I've been driving across country and stopped to take a break in some little town in california. I Figured I might as well get gas while I stopped. I still got premium, but it was from a no-name station.

I checked the codes through DIC

It was putting up P0332 Knock Sensor (KS) Circuit Rear

I reset and will see if this comes back on in the morning. If it is the gas will cutting the last of this "bad" gas with "good" gas keep my check engine light from coming back on?
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by fightingC5
Could ****ty gas cause the check engine light to go off? I've been driving across country and stopped to take a break in some little town in california. I Figured I might as well get gas while I stopped. I still got premium, but it was from a no-name station.

I checked the codes through DIC

It was putting up P0332 Knock Sensor (KS) Circuit Rear

I reset and will see if this comes back on in the morning. If it is the gas will cutting the last of this "bad" gas with "good" gas keep my check engine light from coming back on?
Yes and yes.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:22 AM
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Good, thought so. Thanks!
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 10:00 AM
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Yes,you probably got to large a dose of ethanol.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by fightingC5
Could ****ty gas cause the check engine light to go off? I've been driving across country and stopped to take a break in some little town in california. I Figured I might as well get gas while I stopped. I still got premium, but it was from a no-name station.

I checked the codes through DIC

It was putting up P0332 Knock Sensor (KS) Circuit Rear

I reset and will see if this comes back on in the morning. If it is the gas will cutting the last of this "bad" gas with "good" gas keep my check engine light from coming back on?

A P0332 will cause the check engine light, but it is related to a bad knock sensor, or associated wiring....NOT a spark knock event. So, it is highly unlikely, that "bad gas"....is the source of this issue.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Most likely bad sensor, had to change mine out with that code-did both sensors and harness while I had it apart. If you keep getting the code-time for a new sensor.
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