<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wadd3456 @ Jan 23 2006, 02:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="color:#CC0000">** MOD EDIT : quote removed

^^^</span>
Oddly enough, one of the screws holding the TPS worked itself LOOSE a couple years ago. Weird huh?

So back to the idle adj. screw... Should I just turn it till the idle gets where it shoudl be. Hmm, now that I think of it, I havent a clue what the idle SHOULD be on this car. Do you?

As far as the throttle cable is concerned, I will take a peek at that as well.</div>


please do not quote posts right above yours, cause it makes forum longer and confusin.
use ADD REPLY button at the bottom of the screen to answere to the last post.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wadd3456 @ Jan 23 2006, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>My wifes car is wacky sometimes. Randomly (maybe 3x a month) she will pull up to a light, braking hard if it just changed, and the car will idle way down.... sometimes it will just turn off.

She can start it right back up again though. I has new plugs, new wires, a new fuel filter and a new coil pack just incase anyone was wondering. I would guess this problem is related to some sort of senor adjusting the idle.

Any ideas?</div>

I don't think its that serious, Its the person driving the manual car.

I used to do it a lot of times, driving in heavy traffic.
and changed gears to quickly and not giving enough revs on the correct gear change.

3rd-4th gear on the traffic lights and let the clutch go, your engine is going to slowly idle down and switch off.

 

I would agree with you if it did not occasionally happen to me. There have been times when sitting there Idling at a light and the engine will just die. I had it happen this last week. Clutch in to coast to a stop at a light... she died.

Seems to happen more in the winter... and I do need a new TPS

 

Eh, her cars an automatic guys. wink1.gif