this is probably going to sound very stupid and i am pretty sure what the cause is but i wanted to run it by you all here who may know for a fact what the problem is. once or twice a month, my car decides to have a period. itll start up kind of crappy; ie, rpms go to maybe 1100, drop a little and then hold at about 8 or 900. when im driving it on one of these days, itll run halfway decent until i brake. when i brake, it comes very close to stalling and sometimes it actually does stall. it isnt every time i brake tho. i can engage the brake and be fine but the minute that the clutch goes in, it happens. my guess is that the spark plugs have to be changed. any ideas?

i would also like to know what this could be, the same thing used to happen to me just as often (actually happened the day i was supposed to pick the car up from the lot i bought it at) mine seems to have slowly disappeared though i thought maybe it was clogged fuel filter or something. idk i can't really remember if it has happened since i changed my plugs and fuel filters (inline and intank) all i know is it happens much less often than it used to and it happened more often when it was very cold out

my car did something similar to what it is doing now 3 years ago when i picked it up and that was something concerning a loss of vaccum but my dad had it fixed shortly after we picked it up. hopefully someone on here has some idea of what it could be.

I had a similar intermittant issue. Just cleaned the IAC and all affiliated connections. All is well.

ok, i will check to see if that is the problem.

edit--stupid question. IAC=intake air charge?

Idle Air Controller.

Originally posted by slowmitsu
Idle Air Controller.

ah ok. thanks.

last question regarding the IAC, where is it located?

on the back of the throttle body under the trottle position sensor

Originally posted by knight ryda 99
on the back of the throttle body under the trottle position sensor

ok thanks. ill check it as soon as i get a chance.

Originally posted by injendsm

Originally posted by knight ryda 99 on the back of the throttle body under the trottle position sensor

ok thanks. ill check it as soon as i get a chance.

Two words for you, Greg:

Torx

Loc-Tite

You're gonna have fun. :twitch (You can do it, though.) :thumbsup

Originally posted by DR1665

Originally posted by injendsm

Originally posted by knight ryda 99 on the back of the throttle body under the trottle position sensor

ok thanks. ill check it as soon as i get a chance.

Two words for you, Greg: Torx Loc-Tite You're gonna have fun. :twitch (You can do it, though.) :thumbsup

haha, great. i might have to take it somewhere because my apartment complex is bitchy about people working on their cars in the parking lot; not like i have any tools really.

just on the off chance that my IAC needs replacing, where can i buy one for a good price? i tried googling but didnt find much and i know that a shop will try and rape me with the price.