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ok the more ive been thinking about this and its symptoms, i honestly believe i have diesel in my tank, bad gas, or water.... i dont know how the hell it could have happened though. I drove the car into my garage on friday fine, but only ran like less than a min. however, when I had it out on thursday, I was running low gas, and had to put $20 in at a shell station in hawthorne. perhaps they just had bad gas/diesel mix? it seems the plugs arent firing, and diesel or water would do that and since its not burning the fuel, its dumping into my exhaust. i tried to light the puddle of liquid that was leaking out my exhaust and it didnt really burn like i thought plain gas should. but it had an oily texture(like diesel) i soaked a small piece of cardboard in the fluid and lit it, and it burned much quicker/longer than regular dry cardboard almost like an candle effect, ie diesel may have been doing this as well, and also when that was burning, part of the puddle was "flashing over" slightly with flames. I dunno if someone put something in my tank or what, but something is definately NOT right. any help with this like suggestions or such would be greatly appreciated. the car sat from thursday evening to tonight so i think thatever was in the tank may have settled and now is acting up, maybe it was mixed enough after i got gas thursday that i didnt really notice it much. tomorrow i may try disconnecting the fuel line and pumping some "fuel" in a can and check it out....and if it is a fuel contamination issue, that means pulling the tank, chnaging fuel filter, and changing all the plugs.
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