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I was driving my 1995 van this morning without any issues then I noticed that I was about one notch away from the empty mark. I went to my regular gas station to fill up. This place is usually the lowest price in my area. I pulled out, and didn't have any issues driving home less than a half a mile to my house. I parked for 10 or 15 minutes, then pulled out of the driveway. The van was very sluggish, and I had to floor it to accelerate. I thought that it might be sluggish from a cold start, but I didn't have this issue when I pulled out earlier after sitting a whole night.
The issue kept getting worse as I was driving. I had difficulty trying to maintain 32 MPH on the highway, and slowed down with every incline on the road. I was trying to go 45 MPH which is the speed limit but I wasn't able to get it to go that fast. By the time I got home, it was so bad that I couldn't go up into the driveway without rocking it back & forth. I was able to rev in park or neutral, but in drive the engine was too loaded down. I could feel misfiring during low RPM driving, and while it's reving in park or neutral. The transmission wouldn't change gears automatically the whole time because the RPMs were very low. Fuel consumption was a little worse than usual.
Did anybody else have this experience from watered down fuel? Do these gas conditioners really work or do I have to drain the whole system? I hope that it's not some other issue with the transmission or the engine. There was no check engine light on at any point. I was listening to the exhaust. It might have a slight sputter but no water or white smoke was present.
The issue kept getting worse as I was driving. I had difficulty trying to maintain 32 MPH on the highway, and slowed down with every incline on the road. I was trying to go 45 MPH which is the speed limit but I wasn't able to get it to go that fast. By the time I got home, it was so bad that I couldn't go up into the driveway without rocking it back & forth. I was able to rev in park or neutral, but in drive the engine was too loaded down. I could feel misfiring during low RPM driving, and while it's reving in park or neutral. The transmission wouldn't change gears automatically the whole time because the RPMs were very low. Fuel consumption was a little worse than usual.
Did anybody else have this experience from watered down fuel? Do these gas conditioners really work or do I have to drain the whole system? I hope that it's not some other issue with the transmission or the engine. There was no check engine light on at any point. I was listening to the exhaust. It might have a slight sputter but no water or white smoke was present.