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1991 Camaro RS 305 TBI: stalls when air conditioning has been used recently?!?

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Old Apr 9, 2016 | 08:04 PM
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1991 Camaro RS 305 TBI: stalls when air conditioning has been used recently?!?

This is a long story,so strap down with some popcorn.

Ok so about a month ago I got my 1991 Camaro RS 305 TBI's air conditioner recharged. I never used it before I got it recharged,so I started using it with it getting so hot in New Mexico. I had the A/C on on the highway,I got off at an exit,came to full stop,and the car died. I kept the air conditioning on till it happened again on the actual highway in front of an 18 wheeler. I shut the A/C off from that point,but it continued to happen 4 more times before I got home. It didn't seem to matter at the time whether I was on the gas or not.

So fast forward to today (a month after the previous incident). Keep in mind I haven't used the A/C once since last time. I figured sense I haven't had any issues since then,I'd try out the A/C again. I had the A/C on for about an hour and a half,and I was on a road going 55MPH. I was coming to stop sign and I as I was slowing the car just stalled. Luckily I pulled it onto a median to get it going again. I shut the A/C off from this point. It started right up like nothing happened. I took the car back down that same road to try and get back home (which was 25 miles away),and the car ALMOST stalled. I kept pressing the gas down,and it suddenly came back to life. I pulled it into a parking lot and let it cool for an hour. On the way home,it stalled when I was stopped dead at a red light,it stalled again when I was stopped dead at another light. It almost stalled again while driving,but I got it back on by pressing the gas more,it stalled when I started to slow down for a turning car in front of me,it stalled when I started to slow down for a red light,it stalled when I slowed down for a yield,and at this point it took me 5 attempts to get it started,and it crawled at about 1MPH,literally. I pulled it into a dirt area and just as it got all the way in the dirt it died. This time it took about 8 attempts to get started. I was only 5 blocks away from my house,so I just wanted to get it home from here. Once I was in front of my house it stalled. It took 3 attempts to get it going to pull it into the driveway.

That concludes my experience. My problem is I don't even know what to look at to figure this out because it's only happened with the A/C being used recently,unless this was one big coincidence. I've got brand new injectors,and they seem to spray correctly. It's just the damn car won't stall when I want it to,so I can examine certain stuff. I'm also not sure if it's coincidence that it seems to happen when I start slowing down.

I'm really at a loss right now,and need some guidance. Thank you to all who read through this.
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Old Apr 9, 2016 | 09:46 PM
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Re: 1991 Camaro RS 305 TBI: stalls when air conditioning has been used recently?!?

I think it is an electrical problem that is being aggravated by the current pulled by the A/C that is causing the stalling problem-an iffy connection is heating up and causing a voltage drop when the A/C is on-presuming the radiator fan runs when A/C on,there will be ~25a of current drawn by just the A/C system alone.What does the voltmeter show?
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