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Kathy Groves Posted on Jun 21, 2010
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1998 Grand Prix ...Last week I got gas when running real low and was in a rush. In my haste I noticed when I was leaving the ground around the tanks was dug around there. a couple days later my car started jumping, choking and missing & the service light was on..I went to auto zone they ran a check.It showed the oxygen sensor and injector was the problems. they had me run a bottle of injector cleaner in my half tank of gas, and use all that gas. I ran the car today until I was down to 60 miles left in the tank.It still is missing, jumps a little less but the service engine light is still on also. Should I run more injector cleaner in another tank and run that before I do anything else?

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If I'm understanding you correctly, you believe you got contaminated gas from a station where they had recent work done on their tanks. If that's so, Now that you've run most of the gas out I would start by changing the fuel filter then fill the tank with good gas (I might even go up on grade for this tank). Although it's unlikely you may have gotten a fair amount of dirt or water, you may want to try adding some dry gas in case there is still water in the bottom of your tank.
If the new filter seems to clear the problem but it come back after a short while you'll need to take the tank off and flush it. If you do it yourself don't dump the gas on the ground. If you have to flush your tank you'll need to flush the gas lines and replace the fuel filter again.

Testimonial: "Thank you. no, my car didnt have work done at station I got gas from, but I did have a lot work done a month ago elsewhere. I will have my son change the fuel filter. Hopefully that works, and hope the tank doesn't have to be removed to be drained. "

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