Forum: S-Series General
11-14-2018, 02:33 PM
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
I've not had my Saturn in years, but I can say the issues I had with stalling were remedied by replacing the crankshaft position sensor. My car often threw "camshaft" position sensor warnings, but...
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Forum: S-Series General
06-19-2010, 08:23 PM
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
They finally shipped the part, I think it took 4 business days and they never responded, but it's ok. Since then I've put my new radiator in and the car is back together and running great. But last...
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Forum: S-Series General
06-04-2010, 11:06 PM
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Alright I honestly don't know the last time it was done as I've only had the car for the last 6000 miles, but I can tell you my uncle didn't do anything productive to the car. So I will definitely...
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Forum: S-Series General
06-01-2010, 05:11 PM
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Forum: S-Series General
06-01-2010, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Ok I got the new radiator, but on the old one the lower transmission line is really rusted and the top one is in pretty bad shape too, can't get either of them to budge and I nearly destroyed the top...
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Forum: S-Series General
05-30-2010, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Well so far so good, no stalling and the car starts right up now with no waiting, problem now is my coolant leak. Replaced the hose that runs from the top of the reservior and that helped but then...
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Forum: S-Series General
05-25-2010, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Well my car has been in my family since new and it's had this problem for at least a few years, when it won't start it's not that you have to leave the key in for 10 minutes, the car just has to sit...
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Forum: S-Series General
05-25-2010, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
I finally got tired of messing with it and took it to the mechanic my parents use. He got an ECTS error to come up one time in 2 days of looking at it so that may have been over-tightened when we...
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Forum: S-Series General
05-20-2010, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Hey fdryer, my fix by cleaning the valves under the egr only lasted 2 weeks. Since that time the car still stalls so I'm thinking I'll give it one more thorough cleaning to see if that helps, sound...
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Forum: S-Series General
05-02-2010, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Alright guys, I'm calling the car's stalling fixed! It's been a week and no hiccups or issues at all and it's driving better than ever. Plus, it used to get 29-30 mpg in normal mode and now it's...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-24-2010, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Alright I will look into that, one thing before I do that though, last time I cleaned the egr and ran the car for 10 seconds without it, it ran great for about a week before acting up...am I supposed...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-24-2010, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
I cleaned the coils and the module, the metal plate of the module looked like it had been used as home plate before, so much dirt on it. Cleaned that off and there's a handful of little corroded...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-18-2010, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Ok fdryer I read some of your posts on cleaning the coil packs and ignition control module of corrosion to solve the P0341 problem. Could a fault with those also be the reason why my car won't...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-18-2010, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
I've got a problem again, I went to pull my car forward 10 feet in my driveway today and the service engine soon light came on. I let the car warm up then went to Auto Zone and got codes pulled,...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-14-2010, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Alright the plug for the ECTS looks fine and I can't see an faults in the wires either. Also I took off my EGR again and ran the car (while warm) for 10 seconds to clear the carbon out, then shined...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-12-2010, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Ok I'll check the wires and plug asap, lately my gauge has been reading at 3/8 when the car is moving, but it goes up quickly to 1/2 to 5/8 when idling in drive or in park. We lost some coolant when...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-12-2010, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
I can't post URL's till I have 15+ posts so if you copy/paste this and remove the space after "http:" it should work. This is the one I had put in, I assumed it was brass because of the color, none...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-12-2010, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
I did start the car up with the old EGR off before I got the new one, for about 5 seconds or so, but the car wasn't that warm, adventureoflink said to have it warm but it was already apart so I did...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-12-2010, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
New EGR has been on since Saturday morning and I've put over 100 miles on the car and so far no codes being thrown and the car is running really smooth. But, today when I got off the highway and was...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-09-2010, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
For anyone who doesn't click the link in my above post it is a small piece that came out of the soda can gasket on the larger hole side. If I'm correct that's the exhaust side and I shouldn't have...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-09-2010, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 49
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Forum: S-Series General
04-06-2010, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Went to auto zone today and got codes pulled, it's that P0404 EGR again. So I just cleaned the throttle body, idle air control valve, and the EGR (second time cleaning the EGR, a lot better cleaning...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-06-2010, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Ah ok thanks, we did replace that with the brass type so that's fine.
Here's the rundown of what I've got so far:
- Throttle Position Sensor voltages in right range
- Fuel pressure in right range...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-03-2010, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 25,709
Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Alright well the thermostat and coolant temp sensor were just replaced today. We drove around for a while and no codes have come up yet and the idling is fine, I will update you on whether or not it...
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Forum: S-Series General
04-03-2010, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 25,709
Re: Car stalls while idling once it's warm, help!
Haha ok, well he said chain, I just said belt for some reason, that was just a guy on yahoo answers before I posted the question on here. But yeah I replaced the plugs and wires with a decent set...
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