maxedout95

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I have a 95v Max Stick shift and whenever I try to cruise in neutral my car dies on me especially when I am going fast. Could it be my car stereo system eating up the power I got a 3 12" subs and two amps 1 400 and one 1500 watt. This never happen until just recently.

Toolrocks

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It is highly unlikely that your stereo system is stalling your car. That would also be easy to determine???? You need to include more details here and I would also reccomend you try a search on this subject. Good luck.

Sonic

Why would you cruise in neutral? Besides it being useless, it is illegal in all 50 states and probably some of the provences too.

maxedout95

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What I meant is when I am pulling towards a traffic light or getting close to stoping I put it in neutral and that's when my cars dies on me and I don't know why ?

Toolrocks

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How many miles on your car? Ever changed the fuel/air filters? Does running your A/C prevent the car from stalling - in other words - does your A/C increase your idle rpm? We need more info.

maxedout95

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My car has 155,000 5 speed SE just change the air filter about 5,000 miles ago A/C does increase my Idle RPM I had a new battery put in Feb of this year new starter in May of this year. I had a tune up done new plugs my car does run really cold almost at the line especially in the winter and when I am on a highway and put the heat on it drops really low and it takes a long time to warm it up. I had a new stat put in but it still does the same thing I am thinking about maybe putting a higher temp stat.

Toolrocks

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That's crazy about your supercool car - even with the new stat.
Being that you have that many miles on your car raises a lot of possibilites for the low idle. Hopefully someone else can narrow them down for you, but read the threads on throttle bottle cleaning and the IACV (idle air control valve) Also, check your manuals for the IACV and test it. Other than that I don't know what to say. Good luck.

brianw

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Well, if it didn't idle at all it could be TPS or MAF failure. (MAF failure is marked by a 2500rpm rev-limiter, so I am almost 100% sure it is not that).

No ECU codes?

party_boy

did you dilute the coolant to the correct ratio?

party_boy

did you dilute the coolant to the correct ratio? Check your idle. To determine the problem you need to let us know more specificly when it happens, engine cold, warm, speeds, etc. think of EVERYTHING.

maxedout95

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The mechanic drained the coolant out the system and put new one in but I don't know if they diluted it. My idle in the morning when its cold gets up to 2000 - 2100 rpms and after about 1 or 2 minutes drops down to 1200-1400 and stays there until the temp gauge gets to about normal after 5 or 6 minutes of running it on Idle. But the stalls happen mostly when I am going over 40 mph and put it in neutral but it happens once in a while when I am going slower but mostly when I am over 40.
The other thing I noticed is that at high speeds my tach has higher RPM's then an automatic about 500 600 more is that normal ?

Mishmosh

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This problem has been described multiple times. However, i'm not sure what key words you would need to do a search of to get results. The problem is just as you've mentioned. You are slowing down to a stoplight and as you are braking or slowing, you put the car in neutral and the RPMs go down--the engine sputters as if it were about to stall, but then the RPMs coming back up to idle. In your case, it doesn't just sputter, but actually stalls.

I'm sorry that I don't remember the resolution but it is a common phenomenon(but without the stall). My 95SE was doing it earlier this year and last year but has since stopped completely. I have changed a number of things this past spring/summer though so I can't exactly be sure what did it (new coolant, CAI, NGK spark plugs, fuel filter, throttle body clean, Redline Tranny fluid).