I looked through threads to find similar problems, thought i'd post all my details anyway...
I first discovered this going down a steep hill into a gas station, nearly resulting in ditching myself cause the brakes and power steering went out. Everytime I stop or i'm in neutral (and the idle goes down) it dies. I just made a really long trip to Florida from Chicago (About 1,000 miles each way) there and back... Before I came back the car started doing this... Strapped for time and cash I had no choice but to drive it back, cause it had just started doing it and when I took it for a test drive it didn't do it anymore... The first 10 minutes of driving through a city in Florida it would die, then it just stopped, and the whole trip back I didn't have a problem. I even stopped at a hotel and let it sit over night and the next day it didn't do it--Now I just got back Sunday, drove it yesterday all over the place, no problems... I get in it today, and it killed over after about 5 minutes of driving it and continued to do it all the way to my destination. It sounds like the engine struggles then dies... I just put $1,000+ in ball joints, a tune-up, a new air filter, and oil change before I left--Had it checked out 3 times before I left, after all the repairs they said it was in good shape, now this? Ideas on what's up?
Whenever I stop, I downshift completely just so the RPM's stay up and it doesn't die, but when I have to completely stop I just pull up the E-brake and rev the gas to 2,000RPMS so it stays alive and I don't have to re-start it.
1988 Honda Accord, LX Sedan--Carb.
Thanks in advance.
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