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Old Jun 17, 2001 | 09:37 PM
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Car: 1986 IROCZ
Engine: LB9....rebuilding coming soon
Transmission: rebuilt 700R4
Why does my car stall????

It will run for a couple minutes then stall,it stalls at idle and only runs at higher rpms for a few minutes before ****ting out,and sometimes when driving at 50-60mph the gas pedal does not respond and it downshifts when I give it gas,it is not the transmissiopn though cause it works fine,we just replaced the fuel pump a moth ago,and the ignition module crapped out a few times before,it is one of these,what do you guys think????

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Old Jun 17, 2001 | 10:33 PM
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Car: 89 TTA
Engine: Turbo 3.8
Transmission: 200R4
What kind of engine? A little more info would help too. Did you check for codes? Try all the little things first, especially sensors. Those little things can cause a world of trouble.
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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 04:45 AM
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Car: 1986 IROCZ
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86 IROCZ LB9 305 tpi,what sensors could it be???

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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 07:19 AM
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It could be the fuel filter. Could be the CTS. What do you reckon are the odds of the FP being bad? I know you just replaced it, but it seriously sounds like youre having a fuel delivery problem. Which isnt very complex. Fuel Pump, Fuel line, fuel filter, fuel Pressure Regulator, and injectors.

Just my thoughts.

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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 07:57 AM
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Car: 92 RS - Fully Restored w/Custom Int
Engine: LO3 with some mods
Transmission: T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.42 Richmond
Check your fuel pressure first. Did you replace the fuel filter when you changed the fuel pump? If pressure is good, check out your MAF sensor.

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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 08:03 AM
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In order to determine what sensors could be crapping out you need to pull the codes out of the ECM. Do you know how to do this?
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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 09:59 AM
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Car: 88 Firebird WS6
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 3.42
Usually when they stall, no codes are set...

I'd buy a fuel pressure guage, hook it up, run it under your pass wiper so you could watch it while driving...

If your fp stays rock steady (while stalling) I'd suspect a bad MAF (code 34 trying to set, especially on a 2.8 or 3.1, but you say you have an iroc so... I'd doubt it on a hot wire MAF) or pickup coil.

A scan tool would really help out...
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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 02:02 PM
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Car: 89 TTA
Engine: Turbo 3.8
Transmission: 200R4
Yea, mine has never thrown a code when it stalls. Hooked it up to a scanner twice and never showed anything. The third time it was hooked to the scanner it showed a bad CTS. There are several things it could be though. Good luck.
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Old Jun 18, 2001 | 03:14 PM
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When I had a bad stalling problem the ECM showed a code 15 (CTS). Changed the CTS and repaired the wiring and the problem went away.
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