Stalls while idling

2004 NISSAN FRONTIER
148,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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JEREMIAH PECK
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Stalls at stoplights when idling, gas smell and visible gas exiting tail pipe during idle. Only stalls out when in neutral. New spark plugs eleven months ago, k&n air filter, new battery three months ago, new starter five months ago, new o2 sensor twelve months ago.
Jan 22, 2018 at 11:00 PM
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STRAILER
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Hello,

It sounds like you have a stuck injector. Please remove the spark plugs and leave them in order to find the one that is different in color this will be the cylinder that has the bad injector.

Here are two guides to help us get started:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-spark-plugs

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-a-fuel-filter

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
Jan 24, 2018 at 1:00 PM
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