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    #31
    Bad gas in the tank, perhaps? Or a gauge that isn't accurate... it might be lower than the gauge says. I had a Cavalier that did that. I ran out of gas when it showed a quarter tank.






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      #32
      Originally posted by deevergote View Post
      Bad gas in the tank, perhaps? Or a gauge that isn't accurate... it might be lower than the gauge says. I had a Cavalier that did that. I ran out of gas when it showed a quarter tank.
      I'm fairly sure the gauge is accurate since the gas light is cutting on also. Could be bad gas as this happened on the same maxima I had years ago when I first bought it. I filled it up with premium Wawa gas and it had issues cold starting. Put in some Shell premium gas and the problem went away.

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        #33
        Wawa? You're in my area! I swear by Wawa gas. I put nothing else in my car. Of course... I get food while I'm there, and I practically live at that place.

        But it IS possible that you have some rotten gas in your tank causing issues. Perhaps even water. I'm not sure exactly how to drain the tank, but that may be something you could do as well.

        I still say to replace the igniter and coil. If you're smelling gas, I REALLY don't think this is a fuel issue. I'm more willing to put my money on an ignition issue.






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          #34
          I'm down in VA, but Wawa is right down the street from my house. I get food there ALL the time!!

          How do I go about testing and igniter and coil?

          (it's a 91 EX)

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            #35
            Really? Wawa has made it all the way down to VA? Holy crap!

            I can walk to about 5 of them in less than 20 minutes.


            You can probably test the igniter and coil with a multimeter... but I honestly wouldn't know how. I'm terrible with anything electrical. That's why I suggest cheap junkyard parts. The way I do it myself is to grab junkyard parts and just put them on (they're very easy parts to install) If it works, I fixed the problem. So far, my luck has been good.

            91 EX, you'll be looking for internal coils.






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              #36
              Originally posted by deevergote View Post
              Really? Wawa has made it all the way down to VA? Holy crap!

              I can walk to about 5 of them in less than 20 minutes.


              You can probably test the igniter and coil with a multimeter... but I honestly wouldn't know how. I'm terrible with anything electrical. That's why I suggest cheap junkyard parts. The way I do it myself is to grab junkyard parts and just put them on (they're very easy parts to install) If it works, I fixed the problem. So far, my luck has been good.

              91 EX, you'll be looking for internal coils.

              Yeah man, we got Wawa and Sheetz down here now!

              After I change all the parts I mentioned this weekend I'll see how she does. If the car still has some issues cold starting I'll dig further, but I don't see it has a huge issue since it does start, and runs great.

              Thanks,
              Cris P.

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