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Old 08-14-2007, 11:17 PM
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Wierd gas/check engine light problem

been trying to figure this out and cannot make sense out of it. If i get down to a 1/8 of a tank my check engine light turns off and stays off while i am in that range but if it gets low enough for the gas light to come on or i put gas in it it turns back on. Car runs great, lil hesitant when cold at low acceleration, once it warms up it is fine. At first i thought maybe it was the temp outside because if my CAI and a coincidence but i have been watching this over the last couple months and it does it regardless of the temp outside and now i am stuck scratching my head... any thoughts???

Buddy thinks it is my O2 sensor but i can't see how that can be related
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:43 AM
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:47 AM
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sounds like your car is a maximaniac
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Old 08-15-2007, 04:55 PM
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might be a dying fuel pump, or a clogged fuel filter. Gas gets low pump cant pump enough, and boom engine hesitation.

Oh I thought CEL comes on only when low. The opposite being true, I'd guess bad MAF or o2 sensor but definitly pull the codes, as thats very strange...

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Old 08-16-2007, 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Alex_V
might be a dying fuel pump, or a clogged fuel filter. Gas gets low pump cant pump enough, and boom engine hesitation.

Oh I thought CEL comes on only when low. The opposite being true, I'd guess bad MAF or o2 sensor but definitly pull the codes, as thats very strange...

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well i know its not the filter only 2 months old as far as the rest it as a start
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