Originally Posted by
nonamejane
Hey guys, My 2005 Roadster is stalling at lights. It seems that it occurs more often when I am caught by a light and come to a abrupt stop.. when i try to go again the car hesitates and I have to give it extra gas to go. No engine lights come on the dash when it is doing this. There was one point that I thought the car was going to shut off because it was puttering so I put it in neutral which seemed to bring the rpms back up and then put it back into drive and it ran like normal. I am thinking that I need to replace the fuel filter (as far as I know this hasn't been done and the car has 93,000 miles)
I just wanted to check in with all of you to see if anyone has any other suggestions.
Just a little more info:I recently changed out all ignition cables (due to me breaking one while replacing the sealent on the engine oil breather)Thanks for any of your thoughts!
Just to clarify things, stalling means to quit to shut off to stop running is that what your car is doing or does it idle extremely low like below 600 RPMs and stumbles? Have you change the air filters recently if so then maybe you didn't get the engine cover securely seated on the throttle body top, have you done a throttle reset lately? Have you checked the PVC hoses to make sure they are still attached or don't have any holes in them? And yes you should change the fuel filter, but generally a clogged fuel filter will cause the car to fall on its ***- sett when you accelerate, check the simple things first, might be a good idea to add a bottle of Chevron Techron fuel cleaner to the fuel tank and see if that helps it. Also a question about the transmission how do you know the transmission fluid was low? The reason I ask is because there is a specific way it has to be checked , as you probably know our cars do not have a dipstick and requires a specific type of dipstick that uses a scale marked in millimeters. the proper fluid level is dependent upon the transmission fluid temperature, the nag1 transmission is very sensitive to proper fluid level in order to maintain good shift quality, that being said, I don't believe the transmission has anything to do with the idle quality, I'm sure other members will chime in and have some excellent suggestions, good luck keep in touch.
Dave.