My daughter has a 2008 Chevy Impala LS with the 3.5 flex engine. When she comes to a stop at a red light or stop sign it will stall and quit. This is an intermittent issue that seems to happen once the engine warms up. Starts happening after driving the car for around 2-3 miles. There doesn't seem to be any issues accelerating or when giving the vehicle gas. Only when stopping or slowing down.
Sometimes we can restart it with little to no issues and sometimes it takes 20-30 minutes to get it to start again. It is cranking and the voltage reads ~ 14 volts when running so I don't believe it's the battery or alternator causing the issue.
I put a fuel pressure gauge on it and I'm getting around 58 psi with the key on but engine off and it stays around 57-60 psi with the engine running. Never drops below 57 psi even when it dies so I don't believe it's the fuel pump.
I've gone out and bought an xTool D7W to try and pin down what's going on. I did get a "System Too Rich Bank 1" DTC while the car was sitting in the driveway idling.
I have replaced the air filter. I recorded some data while the car was sitting in the driveway with the xTool. Thought that the HO2S 1 wildly swinging between like 25mV to 800mV was an issue but after doing some more research that is normal.
I was going to drive it and record at the same time until it dies again. xTool allow me to pick up to 8 fields to record. Which should focus on? What else can I test or do to try and figure this out?
Sometimes we can restart it with little to no issues and sometimes it takes 20-30 minutes to get it to start again. It is cranking and the voltage reads ~ 14 volts when running so I don't believe it's the battery or alternator causing the issue.
I put a fuel pressure gauge on it and I'm getting around 58 psi with the key on but engine off and it stays around 57-60 psi with the engine running. Never drops below 57 psi even when it dies so I don't believe it's the fuel pump.
I've gone out and bought an xTool D7W to try and pin down what's going on. I did get a "System Too Rich Bank 1" DTC while the car was sitting in the driveway idling.
I have replaced the air filter. I recorded some data while the car was sitting in the driveway with the xTool. Thought that the HO2S 1 wildly swinging between like 25mV to 800mV was an issue but after doing some more research that is normal.
I was going to drive it and record at the same time until it dies again. xTool allow me to pick up to 8 fields to record. Which should focus on? What else can I test or do to try and figure this out?
Jun 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM





