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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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went on vacation to cali, and on the way home, after filling up with California gas, I punched it to pass someone and check engne light came on. The next morning after three more stops along the way, when I fired up the truck, the light was off, and has not come bac on. I've not made the trip to autozone yet, but was wondering if it couldhave soething to do with California's oxygenated gas not agreeing with the Hemi? If the light hasn't come back on, should I stil have the code read? Thanks in advance for the help.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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Your truck just wasn't used to it. We've got the good stuff out here ;p
 
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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Yeah don't blame our gas.....What station did you fill up at? Anything except Chevron or Shell was a mistake lol. People don't understand, "The cheap gas is cheap for a reason".
 
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CreativeOffroad
Your truck just wasn't used to it. We've got the good stuff out here ;p

thats right, ours is twice as expensive as yours
 
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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Yeah don't blame our gas

huh!,california gas has so many things in it "to keep the air clean".That it's really not gas anymore.When i lived out there I had a toyota truck that I could not get to run right for the life of me.As soon as I moved to Texas and ran about 3 tanks of texas gas through it,It ran like it was brand new off the lot.And it had 150000 miles on it to
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by rtmtrrdr
I moved to Texas and ran about 3 tanks of texas gas through it,It ran like it was brand new off the lot.And it had 150000 miles on it to

God Bless Texas!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 02:52 AM
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lol^ truth.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 08:51 PM
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Good reason to buy a diesel. Diesel is diesel.

Gasoline has to meet a standard, and is all refined the same. So your basic gasoline, even at the "cheap" places, is going to be decent. Chevron, Mobile and Shell mark their fuel up, because they have additives they add, on top of the standards. And for the most part, it is a little better grade.

Im thinking it crystal clean ocean air that made your truck act funny. Got spoiled...
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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Ain't that the truth.I work for a company that owns a bunch of Shell stores and they mark up the living $&!? out of there gas.

crystal clean ocean air?....what part of cali are you talking about? lol
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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How about pismo beach, air is decent there. Im surely not talking about hunnington beach or Malibu.
 
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