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    Got a CEL today..TWICE!!

    LEt me start off by saying I added a bottle of X1-R gas treatment to mr car a week ago and didn't go anywhere. Today I take the car out for a healthy run and as I pull up to the gas station I get a CEL. I shut the car off, get gas, turn it back on and it is gone. Car feels kinda slugish. I am hauling much ass down the road and down shift to third..BOOM...CEL again!! I proceed with caution...it shuts off further down the road and haven't seen it sense.

    Anybody want to take a guess what it was/is before I pull the codes tonight?

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    ...i dont mean to sound silly...but...


    is your gas cap on tight??

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    As a matter of fact it was...

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    i dont know what to tell you bubba, without seeing the car in person.

    gimme some clues...im sure the forum can come up with some solutions...or tristan will make some up...lol

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    Go to local Autozone and have them pull your codes for free.
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    Did you find out what the fault code was ? the CEL should stay litup untill you clear the code from your ecu.

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    Re: Got a CEL today..TWICE!!

    Quote Originally Posted by 2deadlegs
    LEt me start off by saying I added a bottle of X1-R gas treatment to mr car a week ago
    Could this be the cause?? I never used X1-r before but did use others in the past and never had a problem. When was your last tune-up?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tokio
    i dont know what to tell you bubba, without seeing the car in person.

    gimme some clues...im sure the forum can come up with some solutions...or tristan will make some up...lol
    I just now saw this, sneaky bastid.

    I've been getting a CEL when I first start out in the mornings, and then it goes away after I keep driving. There's no odd feel in the car/drive, but then again, I have an AT, so I could be quite wrong. Maybe it's telling me there's something wrong in the engine? I kept throwing intermittant codes before I blew a plug last time. . .
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