What would cause a car to misfire while driving (other than the obvious-water in the gas)? We put a gas dryer in everytime we put gas in. The car is a 2002 Saturn SL-2.

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Asked by hinrichs Nov 03, 2014 at 08:11 AM about the 2002 Saturn S-Series

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2002 Saturn SL-2
Driving to work this morning, the car seemed like it started misfiring (like there was water in the gas). We stopped and filled up (putting a gas dryer in) and had no more problems. We put a gas dryer in everytime we put gas in the car. My husband recently got gas a a station we haven't used in a while, because we found that there was water in the gas at that station. What else could it be other than water in the gas?

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BoholMark answered 9 years ago

Weak fuel pump and or filter.

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