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What causes a Chevy Cavalier engine to stall?

What causes a Chevy Cavalier engine to stall?

A dirty throttle body may cause a lower than normal engine idle resulting in a stalling condition. A stalling condition may also result if an idle learn procedure is not performed if the battery goes dead or is disconnected. The average cost for a Chevrolet Cavalier General Diagnosis is between $88 -$111.

How can I tell if my idle control valve is working?

To check if an idle control valve is working properly, start by turning on your engine and letting it run for a minute or 2. Then, when it’s at an idling speed, take note of the RPMs in your car. Next, turn the engine off and disconnect the idle control motor under your hood.

What does it mean when your engine idle is too low?

If your idle is too low, it could be the IAC not talking to the computer correctly. Disconnect the IAC connector for a couple seconds while your engine is idling. If your engine idle didn’t change, you can suspect it to be the IAC. If it is working properly, unplugging it would cause your idle to freak out.

How much does a Chevrolet Cavalier general diagnosis cost?

The average cost for a Chevrolet Cavalier General Diagnosis is between $88 -$111. Learn More Unplug the transmission sensor if you are stalling after street or freeway driving. It doesn’t hurt anything at all.

What causes a Chevy 350 to backfire when idle?

If a main vacuum hose such as the power brake booster feed line has broken or failing off it will cause a lean backfire due to the additional air allowed into the engine intake manifold. This problem will be accompanied by high or low engine idle and a harder to push brake pedal than normal.

What causes a car engine to crossfire at idle?

By design the resistance it takes to fire the coil via the spark plug is figured into the system. When this resistance becomes excessive due to severely worn spark plugs or a bad ignition coil it can cause these drivers to malfunction at which point they can crossfire into an opposing cylinder either under power or at idle.

What causes a misfire on a GM 3.1L V6?

The waste-spark DIS ignition system on the 3.1L is similar to that used on other GM V6 engines. It has been a fairly reliable ignition system, but at high mileage, it can develop problems like any other ignition system. Ignition misfire can be caused by worn or fouled spark plugs, bad plug wires, weak coils or faults in the ignition control module.

A dirty throttle body may cause a lower than normal engine idle resulting in a stalling condition. A stalling condition may also result if an idle learn procedure is not performed if the battery goes dead or is disconnected. The average cost for a Chevrolet Cavalier General Diagnosis is between $88 -$111.

What’s the gas mixture in my Chevy Cavalier?

We just bought new weather stripping for the front windows of the car and they were “discontinued” so we had to pay $75 for 2 pieces of rubber. but it starts great,new fuel filter, platium plugs 10,000 miles old, hook it up to a machine and is said air fuel mixture is at 14.6 when at idull, but get on the gas it’s drop to 12.2.

What’s the problem with my Chevy Cavalier Rs?

I have a 91 Chevy Cavalier RS, 2.2 L. Recently, I’ve noticed an intermittent problem when starting the car (both cold start and warm start). I thought at first it might have been the key, because the keys we had were cheap, badly made Wal-Mart copies so we had a locksmith make an exact replica from the manufacturer’s guide he had.

Where are the wires on a Chevy Cavalier?

There is a gray wiring harness / connector on the driver side under the air intake tube.It must have 16-24 wires going in and out of it. He shook it and it started.

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Ruth Doyle