Car starts then dies. Idle drops below normal RPM.
Hi all, I just recently had some work done by a shop for valve adjustment and they replaced the spark plugs in the process. On the way home, I noticed that the idle dropped below regular idle rpm every time I pulled the car out of gear into neutral, however, it never stalled.
This has never happened before. Now the car won't even start up completely. It starts up, then stalls out immediately. I've tried holding down the accelerator while starting and it doesn't do anything. The car is a 96 with DBW.
I've been reading around Prime for similar idle issues, but how can the car go from working perfectly when I dropped it off, to not even starting the day after I pick it up? I tried resetting the ECU, which didn't work. I do not have a service manual for 95+ so I have no idea of where to start or what I'm even looking at sometimes.
I need to be able to start up the car so I can take it back to the shop. Anyone have any ideas as to what a valve adjustment or spark plug change can cause this?
Thanks in advance.
Hi all, I just recently had some work done by a shop for valve adjustment and they replaced the spark plugs in the process. On the way home, I noticed that the idle dropped below regular idle rpm every time I pulled the car out of gear into neutral, however, it never stalled.
This has never happened before. Now the car won't even start up completely. It starts up, then stalls out immediately. I've tried holding down the accelerator while starting and it doesn't do anything. The car is a 96 with DBW.
I've been reading around Prime for similar idle issues, but how can the car go from working perfectly when I dropped it off, to not even starting the day after I pick it up? I tried resetting the ECU, which didn't work. I do not have a service manual for 95+ so I have no idea of where to start or what I'm even looking at sometimes.
I need to be able to start up the car so I can take it back to the shop. Anyone have any ideas as to what a valve adjustment or spark plug change can cause this?
Thanks in advance.
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