1991 Cadillac Brougham Rough Idle and Stalling

JGROFF05

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1991 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM
V8
2WD
AUTOMATIC
190,000 MILES

My car is a 1991 cadillac brougham d elegance v8 305 5.0L. My probelm is this. I will drive on the highway and it will drive fine. Here is the kicker if I go above speeds of 58 what happens is when I come to slow down to a stop my car will start idling real rough and will almost stall out. My probelm is I cannot find what is causing this. I got no check engine light and I cannot find a solution. I have checked every vacuum line and have no leaks. I have replaced the EGR valve, the TPS sensor, the catalytic converter, the IAC motor and still cannot find the problem. I have prot injection and the jets are spraying fine into each chamber of the throttle body and there is no problem with fuel. I am stumped and cannot figure this out. This has been going on for months and I would like to be able to drive my car at high speeds again and not worry about it stalling out. Please help me if you can I am in need of it.

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BUDDYCRAIGG

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2,262 POSTS

That really sounds like a lock-up torque converter staying locked up.

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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 AT 1:23 AM

JGROFF05

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Before I go into the tranny and try that I forgot to mention this to you. Here is another wrench into the mix. I would put fuel injector cleaner into my tank and I could drive freely at any speed and I would not experience any of the problems but when I run gas without the cleaner in it that is when this rough idle problem occurs problem occurs. I use STP fuel injector cleaner and that allows my car to run at high speeds without messing up when I come to a stop.