Engine almost dies when I come to a stop?
Ok, when ever I come to a quicker stop than normal my engine's RPMS dip almost to zero come back up and then do it again before going back to normal, somtimes the will only dip once other times it could be 3 or 4 times. It seems like it 's only doing it when I have half a tank of gas or less, but that could just be a coincidence. Any ideas?
Re: Engine almost dies when I come to a stop?
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Originally posted by HostileJava
Ok, when ever I come to a quicker stop than normal my engine's RPMS dip almost to zero come back up and then do it again before going back to normal, somtimes the will only dip once other times it could be 3 or 4 times. It seems like it 's only doing it when I have half a tank of gas or less, but that could just be a coincidence. Any ideas?
My car did this a few weeks ago, but it was kinda out of the blue. I had to get it towed home. That weekend I just did the normal tune up shit and now it runs better than it ever has. Better than when I bought it.
Re: Engine almost dies when I come to a stop?
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Originally posted by HostileJava
Ok, when ever I come to a quicker stop than normal my engine's RPMS dip almost to zero come back up and then do it again before going back to normal, somtimes the will only dip once other times it could be 3 or 4 times. It seems like it 's only doing it when I have half a tank of gas or less, but that could just be a coincidence. Any ideas?
Check the gasket on your gas cap I think our systems should be presureised and is the gasket goes it will hurt peformance
Re: Engine almost dies when I come to a stop?
I am having this same problem. I was searching through the fuel threads by search. I found this thread and it seems to me that I am having this same problem. It seems when i am at half a tank, that my idle seems to drop when coming to a hard stop. I have done a stage 1 vac removal but, I believe that I am having a either a fuel pump problem, or a carb problem with the vac lines leaking somewhere or the idle is not quite set right. I will try to check my idle again this weekend. It will be hard for me to check the fuel pump for a few weeks. I am moving and have too much to do this weekend to get at it right now. I have changed the fuel filters, plugs, wires and checked the cap and rotor. All of that is good, but might think that the fuel pump is starting to go. Don't hear any noise from it, but I do know that my float is set correctly. Even thought of leaning it out some. Will have to check it. Might have to replace the screen first and try that. Is there some way that I can check the pump for elec. service and/or the fuel pressure w/o replacing it for the time being. Sort of benchmarking it. Any help with this issue would be appreciated.
Re: Engine almost dies when I come to a stop?
wow , old thread but thats cool
The sock filter inside the tank with the fuel pump (pickup) can get varnishy and restrictive. Thankfully these cars have easy access to fuel pump from the top through access panel. In your case where you know the carb float level is not right that would be the first thing I would check cuz that would definatley cause those symptoms...