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Old 05-01-2009, 04:01 PM
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Question Car starting to sputter..

Hey guys. I don't know if you guys know what I mean when I say sputter, so I'll try to explain it to you. I put some gas in the car today (93 Octane). Once I started driving the car it acted liike it was out of gas. When I got on it, the car would hesitate, run fine and then hesitate again. The car never turned off and started up just fine. Has anyone ever heard of this? Could it be, bad gas, fuel filter. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 05-01-2009, 04:16 PM
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i would suspect the fuel filter

change that and see

how may miles are on your car
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Old 05-01-2009, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cobra dreamer
i would suspect the fuel filter

change that and see

how may miles are on your car


65,000. Glad it happened this week cause I'm going to louisiana in two weeks. Gotta take the car in next week to get the cruise control fixed. so I'll have them change it out. Thxs man....
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Old 05-01-2009, 05:56 PM
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65,000. Glad it happened this week cause I'm going to louisiana in two weeks. Gotta take the car in next week to get the cruise control fixed. so I'll have them change it out. Thxs man....
i would ask them to check out the issue instead of telling them to replace this and that. it would we a waste if they replaced something and it didnt fix the problem.

have them tell you what it is and then fix it yourself.
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Originally Posted by 945LSTANG
i would ask them to check out the issue instead of telling them to replace this and that. it would we a waste if they replaced something and it didnt fix the problem.

have them tell you what it is and then fix it yourself.

Yeah I'm gonna do that. Also the car is still under warranty, so if the issue will be covered under warranty then that will be even better. I'm just hoping that it's the fuel filter..
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Old 05-01-2009, 06:42 PM
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Check The cop. A couple of mine went bad and my car started to sputter.
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Originally Posted by BlackWidow00GT
Check The cop. A couple of mine went bad and my car started to sputter.
This was my initial thought, i just replaced all mine. However, did this start happening all of the sudden? Mine did that to me last fall, out of no where, turned out to be nothing more than a clogged injector. All i did was stop at a gas station(i was driving back from summit lol) and bought some Fuel Injector Cleaner, dumped it in, and by the time i got home it cleared up. So, i suppose it couldnt hurt to try a bottle, whats 4$ if it works right?
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