WI88XJ
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- South Central Wisconsin
Anyone ever get some bad gas in their tank? How did you end up determining that it was bad gas?
Here's a short version with the problem I have...
Coming home from a trip near Chi town. filled up one last time about an hour away from home. Rig running just fine all weekend. About 15 minutes from home it started idling like it was dropping spark in 1 cyl. When getting on the gas it runs fine. Made it home but it was idling like that every time I was at a stop sign.
Next day, I drive it to work about 10 miles each way. Idled rough like it wasn't getting spark in 1 cyl on the way into work. On the way home it started getting worse. Now I'm losing power like it's only running on 4 or 5 cylinders. By the time I pulled it into the driveway, it just barely made it. If I get it to start it runs like at least one or two dead cyls and it gets worse as I try to keep it running.
Codes I got were for both O2 sensors and heating circuit plus multiple miss fires codes.(I knew the O2 sensor problem 'cause I ripped the wire off on the down stream one at McCaslin) Took care of the O2 sensors, replaced the blown heater circuit fuse. Still runs like crap!
Plugs, wires cap and rotor is all new. I've got spark at all 6 plugs.
WTF? My wife keeps asking me if it could be bad gas...I blew her off in the beginning (she refers to specific parts as 'thingies')
Now I'm starting to wonder. In the olden days, I'd just pull the fuel line off the fuel pump that was right on the engine and stick the line in a can of gas but obviously you can't do that with a fuel injected system.
:repair: :dunno: Oh yeah, it's a '98
Here's a short version with the problem I have...
Coming home from a trip near Chi town. filled up one last time about an hour away from home. Rig running just fine all weekend. About 15 minutes from home it started idling like it was dropping spark in 1 cyl. When getting on the gas it runs fine. Made it home but it was idling like that every time I was at a stop sign.
Next day, I drive it to work about 10 miles each way. Idled rough like it wasn't getting spark in 1 cyl on the way into work. On the way home it started getting worse. Now I'm losing power like it's only running on 4 or 5 cylinders. By the time I pulled it into the driveway, it just barely made it. If I get it to start it runs like at least one or two dead cyls and it gets worse as I try to keep it running.
Codes I got were for both O2 sensors and heating circuit plus multiple miss fires codes.(I knew the O2 sensor problem 'cause I ripped the wire off on the down stream one at McCaslin) Took care of the O2 sensors, replaced the blown heater circuit fuse. Still runs like crap!
Plugs, wires cap and rotor is all new. I've got spark at all 6 plugs.
WTF? My wife keeps asking me if it could be bad gas...I blew her off in the beginning (she refers to specific parts as 'thingies')
Now I'm starting to wonder. In the olden days, I'd just pull the fuel line off the fuel pump that was right on the engine and stick the line in a can of gas but obviously you can't do that with a fuel injected system.
:repair: :dunno: Oh yeah, it's a '98