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Old 08-05-2011 | 11:42 PM
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my car idle will droop and stalled to night but i start it rite back up and runs fine seems when i come to a stop is the only time it happens.

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Old 08-05-2011 | 11:56 PM
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Old 08-05-2011 | 11:57 PM
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so any ideas?
Old 08-06-2011 | 12:07 AM
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I know exactly what it is.
Old 08-06-2011 | 12:16 AM
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my bread staled. keeping it in the fridge helps.
Old 08-06-2011 | 12:41 AM
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yea it happens but seriously no one has any ideas
Old 08-06-2011 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Achou
so any ideas?
Stalling is cased by the engine RPM being too low to sustain continuous operation. Fix whatever is causing that to happen.
Old 08-06-2011 | 04:51 AM
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Stalling happens when your rpms reach 0. Not much to it really. Other than that start reading the stickies.


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