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SC sputters and just shuts down WTF?

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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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SC sputters and just shuts down WTF?

I was driving home from the supermarket yesterday (not getting on her at all) and doing like 30-40 mph, the car sputters a bit and just shuts down.... while I'm freakin' moving! NO CEL... nothing!

So, my bud tells me this has happened to his SC.... tells me to remove key, wait a few minutes and restart.... I try it and it worksMy bud says his car was diagnosed with having bad gas.... I call the dealer (CED) and they also say bad gas....
since when does bad gas shut down a car? running poorly.... sure, shutting down? and then restarting without a problem?

OK... lemme hear some ideas as to what it is.... no, I don't have HPtuners or anything like that

what if I was in rush hour traffic? this has totally taking away my confidence in the car?

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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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could certainly be bad gas... little water sucked into the lines...caused a bog then kills the motor...starts up and drives fine.

just gotta try and duplicate it again
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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Bad gas, clogged fuel filter (quite possibly from repeated bad tanks of gas), dying fuel pump...
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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not to threaqd jack, but i have similar problem with just the sputtering/hesitation. i have the 2.4 though. when i go to get on it here recently it seems like it doesnt want to get up and go like it did before. could this be bad gas as well or something else?
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