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Maintenance & Repair Idle or Stalling Problems - All Vehicles
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Replying to: mypoorsunfire (Jan 30, 2008 7:48 pm)  cleaning off soot carbon both on IAC motor in throttle body.
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My truck starts great, runs smooth and were still on the original trans. However, a few symptoms have cropped up. 1) Service Engine Light comes on, then turns off. Diagnostic points to running lean. 2) When shifting into reverse, truck will stall whether it's cold or hot. 3) When stopping at a traffic light or stop sign, the rpms will drop then rebound quickly back to normal. Sometimes it will stall but then start up quickly. I had new plugs, wires, fuel filter and sending unit put on recently. The service garage said they will need to keep the truck for a couple of days to pinpoint what the problem is. Does anyone have any words of wisdom, what to check first before dropping off at the garage? |
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Good afternoon: I have a 2001 Kia Sephia 1.8L 4-cyl sedan. For the past 3 months, I have been having the following problems: RPM's are skyrocketing when I first start the car in the morning. (I don't actually have an RPM guage, but you can hear and feel it) The idle at stop signs/red lights is very rough. It stalled on me for the first time today moving at a slow speed in a parking lot. So far, we have changed (in the following order): Oil and Oil Filter Air Filter Spark Plugs/Wires Fuel Filter PCV Valve I'm stumped. Any brainstorming would be appreciated. Thanks so much!!!!
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2/25 I have a 2002 Cavalier Z24 with just under 100,000 miles on it. I went out to move it last night, and it was misfiring on (at least) two cylinders. The engine was shaking pretty badly when I looked at it. It wants to stall anytime I'm not giving it gas. Also, when I go to pull out from a stop sign, it wants to stall. It seems that whenever i put a load on my engine, it wants to stall. For exaple, it stalled when I went to back into my driveway (which is on a VERY slight hill) as soon as i put it into reverse. My dad, who is a mechanic by trade, said I got water in/around the engine and it's grounding out the cylinders. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. 2/26 Update After pulling my car in the garage overnight to try and fix the problems i had earlier (refering to post above), the stalling seemed to go away. I simply turned the heater to about 72 in the garage, took off the cover that hold the module, etc. on the top of the motor, and aimed a fan on certain areas. Let's hope this fixed the stalling. My new problem is, I went to start it up after i put it all back together and as my idle was coming down after starting it, my "Check Gauges" light came on and my fuel gauge slowly dropped to below E. I have a full tank of gas in the car, no doubt about it. My dad now thinks the ECM is beginning to die, as all these things are quite random and never happened before. Any help or advice from ANYONE would be appreciated greatly. My email is BassMasterGoo aol.com if you want to send me an email with ideas. Thank You! 
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Replying to: bellywitch (Feb 20, 2008 2:01 pm) Thanks anyway!!! hehe |
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| I haven't had any serious problems with my car until yesterday, I had just pumped gas and left the station. When I began slowing down at the red light, my car stalled out on me. I pulled it over and started it right back up and didn't have any more problems but this morning when i went to school, I slowed down and it stalled again!!!! Can anyone help me with this, also, I've been having minor radiator problems, would this affect it???? | |
I have a 2003 Buick Regal that the engine would just stall when you turned on the turn signal. Turn of turn signal and would restart. Then it started where the entire dash board lights start blinking and go crazy and the engine would lunge when you started it and then end of dieing. Any one have any ideas?
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My 2001 S80 T6 with 75k miles died again today, for the third time and it happened while going low speed, in a parking lot, when it hit a very small dip in the road (like those drainways they put in the parking lot to help the parking lot drain when it rains). Thinking back at the other times that it died. It always happened low speed hitting a small dip in the road, not coasting but slight pressue on the accelerator pedal to get out of the dip. When it dies, the car starts right up soon after. This is a serious issue because I almost got rear ended the last time this happened. All the lights come on the dash and the steering wheel locks up. I can't do anything but quickly press the hazzard and hope no one hits me. The warranty is with Carmax, it's been there twice. they couldn't duplicate the problem, they sent it to the local Volvo dealership on the second time around and couldn't duplicate it either. The other night I did high speed runs on the freeway, stop and go traffic, and I hit several other dips in the road at 25-30 MPH to try to duplicate it but it doesn't die out. No DTC codes come up and the car starts right after. VIN Check shows the ETM was upgraded: SERVICE CAMP 155 Credited 4/19/06 36004 Software control module 30785453-9 ETM/ECM P UPGRADE 55221 5127 BOZZANI MOTORS I checked the battery connections in the trunk and all the grounds that I can reach under the hood. They are all tight. I also checked most of the connectors I could reach. Lot's of the wire loom is brittle and cracked when squeezed. I saw a thin pair of yellow and black wires bare, no wire loom. I could see it but could not reach or see where it begins or ends. Its above the transmisison housing. It seems like its coming from a larger pair of wires underneath the airbox. It's just odd that it's sitting there above the transmission housing. I checked the underhood fuse box. no blown fuses. I didn't check the trunk or interior fusebox for fuses though. Just for the heck of it. I looked to see where the fuel filter was. It's underneath the right side rocker panel. I don't think it's ever been changed. The quick connect has some play so I slid both connecting ends toward the filter. Should I change the fuel filter, It's cheap DIY fix and if it doesnt solve it, one less maintanence thing out of the way. What are the usual suspsects? Agian this is a serious safety issue and it happens intermittently and neither Carmax nor Volvo can duplicate it. Thanks |
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| i have a buick 92 park ave ultra that died on me at the mall after being parked turned key over and nothing just dead lights turn on then dead no crank baught new battery and still nothing so i get it towed to my buddies shop and have everything from A to Z checked out all fuzes good ignition key is turned to on all lights on turn key to start (crank) nothing and no lights on so we find out that there is an engine mount brocken and caused the engine to sit on top of a wire coming from the firewall the wire was cringed and caused a short so we replaced the wire and ignition module and now the car starts fine with no problem except for the engine kill the car starts and idles for 2 sec then shuts off we have no idea on what could be causing this except for the factory antitheft witch might be turning it off the manual only explaines how to disarm the antitheft by using the factory radio witch i do not have anymore is there any ideas on how to disarm the factory antitheft with out radio or going to dealer or on what could be the problem here thanks | |
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Replying to: hstande (Mar 06, 2008 2:43 pm) I have a 2003 buick regal doeing the same thing. When I put the turn signal on the engine stall. Dash board light blnk on and off when turn signal is on also at times. Please help doen't know the roblem.
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