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Old 02-28-2017, 09:13 AM
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Default Dying when at very low speed/going from reverse to drive.

Unsure what's up but recently my 92 will just die a quick and quiet death if I'm say backing out of a parking spot. Usually it's when I'm going suuuper slow and going from reverse to drive, but it's also happened at a red light when I went from stopped to going. It'll just kind of say "yea..... no." And die out. I throw it in neutral and it starts right back up, but still wondering what's going on.

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Standard or auto? Just wondering because you put it in neutral to start.
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Does it otherwise run / idle fine? Any missing etc?
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Runs fine otherwise!
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If it doesn't start in park it is probably the nss.
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It starts in park just fine. It always starts- but if it dies when I'm in a parking lot or going from stop to start at a red light it's easier to just throw it in neutral and restart it from there. But it DOES start in park.
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When was the last time IAC was cleaned?
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Only other thing that comes to mind is clogged fuel filter, my truck (although wouldn't fully die) would fall on its face in the same scenario. Took me a bit to figure out it was a clogged filter cause it ran fine otherwise.
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memsiej,

Service the throttle body and Idle Air Controller (IAC). Replace the IAC if it is in poor shape.

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