Bucking and Surging: Bad Gas, O2 ?
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From: Charlotte, North Carolina
Bucking and Surging: Bad Gas, O2 ? Ever since the hurricane, my car has been bucking and surging periodically. It tends to happen mostly about 10 minutes or so after I start driving. It first started happening when I filled up with Exxon gas about a week after the hurricane hit. I went through that entire tank of gas, then put Shell in it a few days ago and it's still doing it. When the car is bucking if I hit the gas the car shakes ten times more violently. Their are no codes being thrown. Do you attribute this to gas, bad O2's, etc.? I'm lost at this point.
Last edited by WhitePheonix; Sep 17, 2005 at 10:09 AM.
I'm not to sure about this one, but I would definately get it tuned especially if your looking for some more hp. Do you have a Predator or any type of tuning device. I don't how your budget is or how a close tuner is to you even though I'm in the same region as you but I had a mail tune sent to me from RWTD. It cost me $125 bucks and you get lifetime tuning for future mods(You need a predator though). To me I couldn't believe it...that's a deal. Some guys are wierd about mail tunes but I gotta tell ya James and them at RWTD really know what there doing. I sent him my stock tune and the list of mods which included a cam and the first shot the tune was perfect. I put my car on the dyno after the tune and the owner of the dyno asked me where I had it tuned and couldn't believe it either when I told him. My a/f ratio is 100% perfect and I gained 23hp at the wheels. If you would like to see my dyno sheet I would be glad to send it to you. I hope everything works out for ya, if you decide to do it and have questions just let me know.
