Can bad gas make my car sputter?

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asked Mar 30, 2020 in Other-Cars/Transportation by weavexr (200 points)
Can bad gas make my car sputter?

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answered Mar 30, 2020 by Shelde (49,390 points)
Yes having bad gas in your car can make your car sputter.

A car needs good gasoline to allow it to burn properly in the engine and make the engine go.

When you put bad gas or have bad gasoline in your cars gas tank and it gets through your fuel lines and into your fuel injectors your cars engine cannot run properly.

The gas needs to be good to allow the engine to fire properly and create the explosions in the cylinders.

Also if you have water in the gas it can make the car sputter too because cars engines cannot run on water and even a few tiny water droplets can cause the engine to sputter.

If you have some water in the gas tank from moisture then adding some HEET fuel additive to the gasoline tank can help absorb the water and make your car run better.

In the winter months I would recommend adding a bottle of HEET fuel additive to the gas tank every second fill up of gasoline.

If you have bad gas then it needs to be removed and then you need to put fresh gasoline in the car and change the fuel filter as well.

Sometimes you might also just have dirty fuel injectors that can be cleared up by adding a bottle of fuel injector cleaner to the gas tank.

Some other things that can cause a car to sputter are, bad ignition coils, bad spark plugs, bad spark plug wires, bad fuel injectors, clogged fuel filter, clogged fuel lines, low fuel pressure from fuel pump.

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