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Tiny
JWRIGHT2
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  • 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 114,000 MILES
My car keeps wanting and acutally has a couple of times stalled out at a stop light. What is causing this to happen? I just had the oil changed and the fuel injecters cleaned out.
Friday, January 14th, 2011 AT 11:07 AM

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Tiny
WRENCHTECH
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You may have a bad IAC ( idle air control) but try cleaning the throttle body first. Remove the intake snorkel, have someone hold the throttle wide open for you and scrub the back side of the throttle plate and surrounding bore with an old tooth brush and some carb cleaner. Be sure to spray some into the small holes next to the throttle plate. That should help stabilize the idle. If it still has a problem, replace the IAC.
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Friday, January 14th, 2011 AT 1:22 PM

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