we have replaced the battery, alternator, spark plugs, and the wiring harness but the car will stall if we take it out of the drive way. it will idle at a stand still fine and continue to run but once it is taken out on the road it dies. i am eight months pregnant and could go any time and need our car, its our only one and we dont have any friends that are mechanically inclined!
2007-04-14 04:18:00 · 7 answers · asked by best step mommy in the world 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Plugged fuel filter.
Engines don't require to much gas while idling. But need much more during acceleration.
It's kind of like you breathing through a straw.
Easy to do while siting on the couch. Now try running around the block and breathing through the straw. You can't get enough air through the straw and you die.
Same theory.......but with gas to an engine.
2007-04-14 04:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have reached the point of no return. Spend 200 or 300 on repairs for a $500 car. Most often electronic ingnition causes these chevy's to stall. But you state the car runs fine at idle and stalls while driving leads me to think not enough fuel pressure. Dropping the tank and replacing a $125/160 dollar fuel pump. Let us know any of the other things it does. When it dies out "like turning the key off" or coughs studders push the gass and dies? This is the 2.5 liter 4 cyl or 2.8 V-6
2007-04-14 04:28:12 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often misunderstood, and missed as a cause of stalling, is the TCC (torque converter control) solenoid...if it sticks the torque converter is always locked up, causing extra load on the engine, thereby stalling it in drive. It is only supposed to lock up (overdrive) when the system is warm, and speed is over about 45 mph...
I'd have that checked first...if it is ok, then I'd look for any small vacuum hoses under the hood that are brittle, split or broken. That may be the cause, if the engine runs a bit rougher at idle.
Hope that helps get it fixed...
2007-04-14 04:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air intake sensor may need to be replace. I had an 88 celebrity and it use to stall - the air intake sensor was my problem. When yopu take it on the road it need more air but the sensor doesn't open the intake to allow the to enter.
Good Luck!
PS. I drove my celebrity for 10 years and put more than 500,000 km on it. (aprox 350, 000 miles)
2007-04-14 04:31:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like your carburetor may not be idled properly but that is too dangerous for a pregnant woman to be around that gas....u need a neighbor or family member
2007-04-14 04:26:08 · answer #5 · answered by des 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like throttle position sensor.
2007-04-14 04:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by James B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine did that too,and mine was the throttle position sensor,but it could be a restriction in the exhaust pipe somewhere.
2016-05-19 22:47:17 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋