Is it possible that a bad tank of gas could cause the car to go into limp mode (no vtec)?

I filled up recently, the car sputtered a few times leaving the gas station, and was in limp mode for a while, everything else running fine (I guess). It has since come back (vtec), however, and I am wondering what the hell was going on.


Modified by Spyglass at 1:30 AM 11/27/2004

 

Check your oil level?

 

Did you get a CEL? If no I'd guess low oil level

 

Yes, the oil level was ok. I always have a CEL because of a straight pipe, so that's nothing new.

 

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so you know what the problem is then.

 

the secondary o2 does not cause it to go into limp mode. It reads the air/fuel from the primary o2.

 

I'd check your CEL to see if something new is coming up

 

Possibly your primary o2 is bad. I had a similar problem with terrible gas mileage and irregular idling and found that my o2 was the problem.