fuel problem?

[AveoJoe]

i put 5 gallons of fuel in me car then ten min later it starts acting up knocking sounds like engine wants to go off know check engine light is on? could it be water in fuel if so will dry gas help?

[milesvinson]

Could be. I'd try the dry gas.

[05Aveo]

sounds like to me too

[xintersecty]

Did you get any codes off the system? That could help too. Do you use a ethanol fuel?

[Pontiac1976]

Ethanol fuel not good for the injectors.

[milesvinson]

Around here (WV) where I live, every gas station carries gas that contains ethanol of at least 10%.

[milesvinson]

TIP:

A rule I always live by when it comes to buying gas:

If a tanker truck is "dropping fuel" or has just finished recently, DO NOT get gas there at that time. By "dropping Fuel" I mean filling up the tanks in the ground for the gas station. One of my best friends (who has since passed away) and who used to run several truck stops/gas stations gave me this advice about 25 years ago. Since taking his advice I have only gotten bad gas about 1 or 2 times. I know they have filters on most of the pumps but I doubt the filters will catch all of the crap after it has been stirred up off the bottom of the tanks.