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Old 08-24-2006 | 05:40 PM
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CEL caused by bad gas??

I have not had the code pulled yet. Will hit up the dealer next week.

For the past few weeks I've had a CEL that will randomly come on and stay for a few days and then go away. I've narrowed it down to the fact that it only comes on after filling up at a particular station.

After noticing this three times I decided to try another place, and everything was fine. Went to the "bad" place again to test my theory and only 5 miles after filling up there it was back on.

Just curious as to why a certain gas station could cause a CEL.
Old 08-25-2006 | 05:41 AM
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it is not the gas...

could be the gas cap... or bad o2 sensor, or bad mop...

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Old 08-28-2006 | 12:11 PM
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On the other hand, I was told that gas is one of the primary reasons for CEL
Old 08-28-2006 | 03:16 PM
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On the other hand, I was told that gas is one of the primary reasons for CEL
They spoke with a forked tongue!!
Old 08-28-2006 | 05:28 PM
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It's a very large coincecence then as I just tested the theory again.

I went on a long trip this weekend using gas from various stations, no CEL. Came home, filled up at the offending station, 7 miles down the road and the CEL is on.

It HAS to be something in the gas there.
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what are the odds.. glad you got it figured out..

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