say I'm driving down the street and I come to a red light, when I push in the clutch, the RPM drops to 0 and the car dies. Lately I have been experiencing a vacuum/RPM problem. I occasionally have a whistle at idle which i think is a vacuum leak and my RPM is occasionally erratic but wasnt much to worry about. Now the whistle is still subtle but the RPM problem has increassed, it dies when i come to a stop and sometimes is jumping arround.

I also have air in my clutch line and need to bleed it so maybe the clutch is sticking a little, but that wouldnt cause the car to die since i put it into neutral when i stop. I'm thinking maybe a bad throttle position sensor? or maybe a problem with IAC or EGR? Can anyone give me some insight on this? Thanks.

 

Hey...funny thing, my car is in the shop now for the same problem. It only happens when I have been in stop and go traffic for about 30 minutes. It'll run smoothly abd then it will start to idle erratically. Hopefully I'll know tomorrow what's wrong with it.

 

Sounds like the EGR valve needs to be replaced. Same thing happened to me with my 95.

 

when this happened on your '95 did you get a CEL? how did you come ot the conclusion that the EGR was at fault?

anyone else have some input?

 

well I tested the TPS. the ohms of resistance is in the normal range, but when I test is for voltage, I get nothing, making me think that the ECU is not sending a signal, but I am still getting the proper resistance.

I also checked the EGR. I didnt take it out, but i put my finger inder it and the little diaphram like thing moves. How should i check the EGR, what do I look for?

anyone else? turbomax67, when you had your egr replaced, did you get a cel or a code sayting it was bad?

 

I have noticed that my car dies when I push in the clutch and the engine is hot but have driven it for less than a 1/2 mile. After that the rpm's drop to 450 and then go back up to 625. Putting the car in neutral and letting off the clutch prevents the car from dying on me. I thought it could have been the lightened flywheel. I also may have forgotten to plug in some connectors.

 

maybe coilpacks ?

 

hey guys i sorta had that same problem minese however was due to the mass air flow sensor. might wanna check into that.

 

A vacuum leak will cause stalling at idle. Fix that leak first and see if you still have the problem.

 

did you get your new maf yet? i thought we established that it was the maf or you got the maf and put it on and the problem is still there?

 

my car did this when my intake wasnt on tightly, bypassed the MAF then shut the car off, you may want to check that

 

no when he came by my place, i put his maf on my dads i30 and it did the exact same thing. ian said he ordered a new maf but i dotn know if it came in yet.

 

ya i just put the new maf on yesterday. everything seems to be running fine now. the idle is high and jumps arround a little but, but the car is no longer going below 600 and dieing.

 

glad to hear that. now you can drive the car and get it painted soon. lol. mess aroudn with the iacv now and try to adjsut your idle.

 

hehe, ya need to get it painted for sure. im gonna fix the idle this weekend.