Car feels like it's going to stall

Tiny
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I have a 2001 Nissan Altima with 85,634 miles, four cyclinder. I have taken my car to 2 places and have received 2 different things wrong. Sometimes while sitting at a light, the car feels like its going to stall but it doesn't. It does not do it all the time, nor has there been a service engine light. It will do the chug, chug, chug, but never stalls, sometimes it's more noticeable than other times. The dealship changed the spark plugs thinking that was the problem, after that, it still did it. So they put it on the machine and they claim the intake gasket was leaking at the #4 cyclinder.
I now just took it to a second place for a second opinon and they told me it's the idle air control. Do you have any recommendations?
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 AT 3:25 PM

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Tiny
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Check the Idle Air Control Valve and the Mass Airflow sensor. The EGR Valve and PCV Valve should also be checked for problems. If it was your intake gasket their would be some smoke from your tailpipe either gray or white. You would also have a noticeable gas smell or possible exhaust smell coming from the engine.

Good luck
Joe
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007 AT 11:04 PM

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