Re: V8 stalling

[Peter Sward <Peter.Sward@digital.com>]

I had a similar problem. Try to reseat the electrical connector to the ISV.
This usually fixes it for another 6 months..

/Peter

"Thomas, Nathan" wrote:

> As usual, my attempts to find info about this in the archives failed...
>
> My V8 has started having an intermitent stalling problem.  Out of the
> blue a couple of times a month the car will start and then just stall
> immediately.  No drama, the idle just dies off and the car stops running.
> A secondary symptom occurs on about every 1 in 5 starts where the
> idle will drop down fairly low and then catch itself and struggle back
> up to normal levels (I say struggle, because it does sputter a bit
> trying to come back up).  When it stalls, if I just restart it and keep my
> foot on the gas for 5 seconds it'll run just fine.  It's only in that first 5
> seconds that the car seems unable to set the right idle.
>
> So, any BTDT's?  My first guess was a dirty ISV, but I was thrown by
> the intermitent nature of the problem.  Any help is appreciated.
>
> nate

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