Idle Problem

wes

Active member
Apr 19, 2004
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Norcal
Hey all,

I have a problem with my 95 DI. When idling, the RPMs' cycle between 500 to 700 RPMs' and eventually kills the motor. On the freeway, the engine runs very smooth, doesn't bog down or lose power. When I feel the motor will die during idling, I step on the gas and brake at the same time to prevent me from stalling in the middle of the street, but this will also cause my Check Engine warning lamp to illuminate. Looking at the OBD-I read out, I get no codes! At least with a code I know where to start. Anyone else run into this problem? I've been busy with work, so I haven't really had the chance to take a closer look, but the first thing I wanted to try was fuel injection cleaner, then clean the stepper motor and finally replace the fuel filter. I took a look at the vacuum lines last week, but didn't find anything amiss.

thanks for any suggestions.
 

wes

Active member
Apr 19, 2004
44
0
Norcal
I checked the wires, all were good. I cleaned the stepper motor and put some fuel injector cleaner in the tank. I ran it on friday afternoon and all seemed ok. I should drive it around town a bit more to make sure it doesn't stall on me again. Thanks for all the suggestions!
 

Marco

Well-known member
Jan 5, 2005
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Va
Have you checked the ground wires? mine was stalling to, while stoped, and every once in while when the adbs kicked in, this would also affect the stereo, after cleaning the ground wires, never happened againg...probably I should have not said that, next thing I'll know the problem will start all over ;)

Marco