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Idling problems

Tiny
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I have a 1999 Mazda Protege with 122000KM on it. Recently when it is not driven for a day or more, whenever I am driving and I stop on a red light or stop somewhere the RPM needle starts going up and down below 1000 and the car shakes a bit. After a day of driving it is fine. Last time I did not drive it for a week and the car shut off every time I stopped on a light because the RPM goes so low at idling the car shuts off, but again once I drove it for a while whithout stopping it is fine as long as I drive it every day.
Any suggestions to what the problem might be.
Thanks

YS
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Friday, January 13th, 2006 AT 8:16 AM

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Tiny
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Fuel injection service
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 AT 12:18 PM
Tiny
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Would this 99 Protege happen to be a 1.8L engine. If so there is a good possibility that the egr valve is faulty, it is rather common on those engines.

Cosmo. Mazda Tech
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