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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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I have 94 as well and have been noticing that my starts are sluggish if I can use that term. I thought perhaps my battery strength was in question.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by notbadd,Jun 7 2010, 06:44 PM
Bad fuel?
The fuel isn't bad, but the blend is altered during spring season to adjust for the higher ambient temperatures of summer.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 08:17 PM
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Charles you know it all. Every year around this time of year my car experiences this, and then it slowly goes away. Glad I know why now
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by JL9000,Jun 7 2010, 09:08 PM
The fuel isn't bad, but the blend is altered during spring season to adjust for the higher ambient temperatures of summer.
Makes sense I guess our cars ECU needs time to adjust. I guess I still got the old batch. Thanks
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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mine started doing this over the last 3 weeks, but today it started fine.

currently running 91 cheveron...
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by notbadd,Jun 7 2010, 08:20 PM
Makes sense I guess our cars ECU needs time to adjust. I guess I still got the old batch. Thanks
Actually it's the other way around. If you're experiencing starting issues you're already running the summer blend and you just need to wait for the ambient temperature to creep up a bit and stabilize. It's to do with the lower volatility of the summer fuel in cool spring mornings.

Easy Cam, I put my pants on, just like the rest of you, one leg at a time.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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I'm also running Chevron 94 as well..

funny to see so many problem with similar issue..


anyways, problem seems to be gone now.

I'll see how it is tomorrow morning.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 04:21 AM
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My car does the same thing... ALSO my car misfires like mad and I have invested at least $3000 to find that problem... AND I STILL CANT FIND IT!! tell me how it works out =]
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 08:39 AM
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Update

it started w/o any problem this morning..
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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damn been usin chevron 94 as well and having the same problems!
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