Heavy braking = stall?
11-26-2008, 01:01 AM
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Heavy braking = stall? I was testing out my brakes in the rain today by pressing on them pretty heavily, and right before I came to a complete stop, the car sort of shuddered and died. I was able to put it in park and start back up no problem though. Thoughts?
11-26-2008, 05:24 AM
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sounds like the vacuum used by brake booster. I've seen where it will bring idle down just a tad but never actually cause a stall. Might want to check and see if you got any vacuum leaks or listen for hissing coming from the booster. This is just a guess without actually seeing it for myself.
11-26-2008, 08:35 AM
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I had that happen to me in a carb 355 89 Camaro that i used to drive. I figured the sudden stop prevented the fuel from getting to the engine? Not really sure to this day what happened either, but i know exactly what your talking about.
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11-26-2008, 01:53 PM
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sounds like the vacuum used by brake booster. I've seen where it will bring idle down just a tad but never actually cause a stall. Might want to check and see if you got any vacuum leaks or listen for hissing coming from the booster. This is just a guess without actually seeing it for myself.
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^ nothing, every one of our cars would die if you unhooked the booster hose..
My caddy does this also... I bout plowed through a group of young African Americans the other day, noticed them at the last min and slammed on the brakes, slid to a stop and car died, I started the car back up and heard some giggling from the tribe so I rolled my window down and threatened to bust some caps...
My caddy does this also... I bout plowed through a group of young African Americans the other day, noticed them at the last min and slammed on the brakes, slid to a stop and car died, I started the car back up and heard some giggling from the tribe so I rolled my window down and threatened to bust some caps...
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^ nothing, every one of our cars would die if you unhooked the booster hose..
My caddy does this also... I bout plowed through a group of young African Americans the other day, noticed them at the last min and slammed on the brakes, slid to a stop and car died, I started the car back up and heard some giggling from the tribe so I rolled my window down and threatened to bust some caps...
My caddy does this also... I bout plowed through a group of young African Americans the other day, noticed them at the last min and slammed on the brakes, slid to a stop and car died, I started the car back up and heard some giggling from the tribe so I rolled my window down and threatened to bust some caps...
