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Old 03-07-2011, 06:30 AM
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Driving to school and when I'm at a stop light it stalled and had a very low idle.
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IAC, tuneup, plug wire
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IAC, tuneup, plug wire
Alright can I take it to advanced and fix it? Or am i going to gave to take it to a shop
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Driving to school and when I'm at a stop light it stalled and had a very low idle.
X2 what Tural said - all of those are possible culprits.

Where do you live? - nevermind - I just saw that you're in Lutz, FL. - It's that time of year when the overnight damp/wetness begins to cause nuisance issues. One easy thing you can do to eliminate the effects is to spray a little WD-40 under the dist cap and "fog" or wipe down your plug wires with it. Sorry, didn't check first if your year has a distributor...

Remember to begin with the cheapest/simplest. Clean the throttle body and IAC first. Inspect dist cap, wires and plugs (clean and re-gap as-needed). Scan for DTCs (borrow scanner free at a/p store). Check battery and cable terminations at each end and clean, apply dielectric grease and re-tighten. Do these things for total cost of less than $5 and about 1 hour of your time.

If these actions don't resolve your low idle/stalling condition then you can start to dig-in to the more expensive stuff... Good Luck!

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when was your last tuneup? i'm not sure if those have 6 coils or single 6 plug, but i'm thinking you might have a plug wire that's grounding... did the CEL come on?
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when was your last tuneup? i'm not sure if those have 6 coils or single 6 plug, but i'm thinking you might have a plug wire that's grounding... did the CEL come on?
You talking about the spark plugs? It has 6 plugs.
The CEL has been on for a month.
I have only owned it for a few months and never tuned it. Might be time for one? Where do I take it? Can I do it? Don't have much skill only 16
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Could it be the Idle air control module? Cuz it runs fine when I have my foot on the gas
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if you have skill on a lawnmower, you can do tuneup on any vehicle...
I'm talking about the coil... your year model doesn't have a distributor, it has a coilpack... one end of the cable goes to the spark plug, and the other end goes on the coil... the coil either has 6 outlets, or there are 6 separate coils... if you watch it in the dark while it's running, sometimes you can see one of the wires sparking against the block. that's how i found mine... pure coincidence
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Could it be the Idle air control module? Cuz it runs fine when I have my foot on the gas
it very well could be, but don't throw money at it until you diagnose it... you said the CEL has been on since you bought it... did u ever get an a/p store to read it?
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it very well could be, but don't throw money at it until you diagnose it... you said the CEL has been on since you bought it... did u ever get an a/p store to read it?
Alright. No im for sure going today to get it checked out and I'll let you guys know what it's throwing.
BTW I sunk it not to long ago. But we took it to a shop and he fixed it and got it running.
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Ok got it check out here's what it's throwing

Throttle position sensor volts high
Multiple cylinder misfire
Cylinder 1 misfire
Cylinder 3
Cylinder 6
Cylinder 2
Evaporative emission leak moniter
Tps volt low

Cyl misfires are from the tps he said.
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Ok got it check out here's what it's throwing

Throttle position sensor volts high
Multiple cylinder misfire
Cylinder 1 misfire
Cylinder 3
Cylinder 6
Cylinder 2
Evaporative emission leak moniter
Tps volt low

Cyl misfires are from the tps he said.
Keep it cheap and simple but don't cheap-out when buying replacement sensors because you'll get what you pay for.

Use the process of elimination...

1.) Remove bad TPS.
2.) Remove IAC.
3.) Clean throttle body, IAC and it's bore.
4.) Install new TPS and restore IAC.
5.) Clear codes.
6.) Drive as normal.
7.) Monitor for CEL and run scan if needed.
8.) Post for further guidance...
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Need an update... I'm searching for a solution....
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