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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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So last night i drove over to my girlfriends house parked the car every thing was fine. I left and turned the car on and it turned its self right back off. The only way i can keep it running when its not in grear is if i press on the gas. Also if i am coasting with my foot off the gas. It slows down a good bit faster than normal. I think i have some sort of vaccume issue. What should i check and be looking for?
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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If it won't hold an idle, take the IAC valve off the TB and clean it with carb cleaner.
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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any pics?
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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Man your car has all the problems, id fix it and resell it. For being a stock car I think the iac must be dirty. There is not much done to make it stall. Any codes?
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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I think your first guess is probably right-- you have a vacuum leak somewhere.
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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Man your car has all the problems, id fix it and resell it. For being a stock car I think the iac must be dirty. There is not much done to make it stall. Any codes?
lol I feel like you always seem to find my threds when ever i have a problem lol. not that its a bad thing haha. Yeah the story behind my car is it was a repo it sat in a barn for a year and a half then i got it at auction and its all been downhill.

Well as far as new news i have no SES light. I drove it to my shop. Its about 4 miles away. It started and ran fine. When i got to my shop i used my scan tool. It came back and said "PASS no codes recived" so idk whats up
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