Uh... in my car that is.

My 16 valve is hesitating when I try to accelerate. It's like I'm gently pressing down on the brakes just as I try to accelerate.

I'm thinking maybe bad gasoline because I put two gallons into a nearly empty tank and began noticing the problem 15 or so miles later after exiting off a highway.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

You may want to look at the fuel filter, especially if you ran the tank that low.

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2007 C 230 Sport.

Sounds like you bought some water with your gas. Try a can of drygas and a fillup at a station that does a lot of business.

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Norm in NJ
Next oil change at 230,000miles

What did you eat last night?

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1989 300E 144K

My experience with water in gas was that it happened right away, almost within a minute after getting off the highway, filling my tank then getting back on the highway I was almost run over by oncoming traffic when my normally reponsive SAAB model 96 suddenly ran worse than a MB 240D!
I pulled off when I found the next exit almost a mile down the road, and drained some fuel onto the pavement. I could see beads of water in the fuel, its obvious they sold me a bunch of water.
I called the gas company (I believe it was SHELL) and they sent me a questionnaire in which I told them I was not likely to ever use their fuel again (still true to this day!) and they gave me a complete refund (good thing they did because I was going to stop payment on my credit card if they failed to make a refund of some sort!)
I can't image why it took so long for you to see any problems with water in the tank, it goes to the bottom where the pick-up is normally located.

You might call the station and ask them point blank if they had any other comoplaints of water in their tanks, if so I suggest you write the Company not the local station but the franchise owner.
DDH

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Thanks, guys.

I'll look at the fuel filter tomorrow when there's more light. If it's not dirty, I'll try filling up at a different station to see how the car runs. As it was, I only put about two gallons in so I could drive to a less expensive station and fill up. The station I got the gas from is pretty busy, so hopefully the problem's only the filter.

Thanks again!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.