Stalls at idle?

Tiny
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Car stalls when placed in gear, not when idling in park or neutral.
Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 2:57 PM

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Tiny
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Check idle air control valve

is the check engine light on

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Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 3:02 PM
Tiny
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Yes engine light is on
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Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 3:07 PM
Tiny
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Have the code pulled at a parts store for free and get the code number for us

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Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 3:13 PM
Tiny
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I tried to take it to advanced auto, now it wont even go into gear
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Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 4:11 PM
Tiny
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You are not able to shift into gear or when shifting into gear it does not move?
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Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 6:19 PM
Tiny
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Stick or automatic

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Sunday, December 30th, 2012 AT 6:26 PM
Tiny
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So I've been having trouble with my car and I really hope you can help me figure it out.
While I'm driving and shift gears mainly when I'm slowing down my car just shuts off completely. Only when I'm rolling, in neutral or have the clutch pushed all the way in. This has been going on for a while. I replaced the distributor, alternator, rack and pinion, I check my fluids to make sure they are good, yet I still can't figure out why my car turns off like this. It doesn't jerk in anyway when it turns off it just turns off quietly and steadily. Please help, I have a baby on the way and want to get this fixed.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Hello,

It can be one of two things; either you have a vacuum leak or the throttle body needs to be serviced. here is a guide to help us fix the problem:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/stall-at-idle

Can you please shoot a quick video with your phone so we can see what's going on? that would be great. You can upload it here with your response. Please run down this guide and report back.

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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Awesome that you replied. Yah me and my dad are thinking a vacuum leak. How do I add a video? Reminder the engine light is not on and it's not throwing up any codes what so ever.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Did it work?
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Yes it works. thanks for the videos. Lets run the codes to see what comes up. How is the power from the engine? I clogged exhaust can case this as well.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

and this service can help:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/throttle-actuator-service

Please run down these guides and report back.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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We changed out the fuel filter.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Did that work? Did the engine have low power?
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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It did work. I does still turn off like once a day though. We changed the fuel filter and cleaned out the throttle body.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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The engine does not have low power and they had the tighten up the idling. We did replace the idle air control valve a while back too.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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The engine does not have low power and they had the tighten up the idling. We did replace the idle air control valve a while back too. What about a old PCV valve?
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Yes the PCV valve can cause the issue you describe. Here is the location in the diagrams below. Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what happens.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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We located the PCV valve behind the oil filter. We couldn't get to it through the top so we went through the bottom and that's how we got to it.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Nice work, we are here to help, please use 2CarPros anytime.
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Saturday, October 26th, 2019 AT 12:22 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Electrical problem
1997 Honda Civic 4 cyl Automatic 160000 miles

Car intermittently stalls at idle. Battery light comes on. The battery is new and mechanics replaced the alternator last week to try to resolve the problem. But the car stalled again this morning. The car does not run rough prior to stalling and the idle is smooth. Stalling only happens while driving at very low speeds, or when preparing to accelerate from a stop. Has happened about a dozen times over the past month and at various times of the day/night. Mechanics cannot find anything wrong with the electrical system (they've checked everything twice). They've driven the car for long periods of time to try to make it stall, but (of course) it doesn't stall on them. The engine light does NOT come on, just the battery light. The car could usually be restarted immediately after stalling out, but this a.M, it took three attempts before I could get the car to run again.

Help, please.
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