about a month and a half ago i started having this problem. after driving the car around for a while the idle would jump up and down while i stopped and eventually it would stall. it would not start again for a period of time, sometimes hours. i took it to a mechanic and they let my car sit for a day then looked at it and of course it ran fine then. they told me they thought it was the distributor from the sounds of it. i drove it for almost a week and then it did it again. i bought a distributor and put it on. car ran fine (except for the idle would jump between 1000 and 1500 rpms when i would put it back in park after i reached my destination) for a little over a week. then it did the same thing except that the idle would jump more when i was driving than when i was stopped at a light and would stall. i check the cap and rotor and they were kinda fried so i replace them and it again ran fine for a little over a week (same idle jumping after driving and putting it into park) and now is stalling on me again. so it seems like the problems start when the engine gets hot. i talked to different mechanic and he told me that he thinks it is the mudule in the distributor, but the new distributor came with a new module. it had the same problem with old distibutor and new one. any ideas?
Jun 9, 2008 at 5:33 PM