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Notorius
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:15 pm 
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hey guys just wondering if anyone knows what the problem is.... my car sumtimes just dies, when idling if you turn the lights on or wind the windows down the car will stall, also sumtimes when driving around the cd player nd dash lights will flick off nd on wen i take my foot of the accelerator.... any ideas???

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idle control valve is faulty/dirty/sticky/stuck

take it off and clean it

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test your alternator
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ohh also check if you have a externally venting BOV, it might be stuck a little open and causing a stall under some load

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^^ i dont think the BOv has anything to do with it, if the car is just sitting there idling and the car stalls when lights are turned on. Definately should be electrical. Current draw stalling the ignition system, most probably coz alternator not keeping charge..

but who knows with fking cars man they do my head in i dunno why im an enthusiast its a fking curse lol :lol:
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If i had to guess i would think.... that the alternator is chargeing just enough to run the car and just charge the battery but extra load kills it... so check the charge rate altanator is probly fucked and the battery is probly half fucked....

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hey guys um abit of an update i think my problem is gettin worse.... i was hammering it up the pacific highway the other night doin probably 120 on full boost and i turned the high beems on and the car lurched foward and died but only momentarally (bout half a second) then came good again. also i was driving to tafe the other day nd it was doin the same thing nd the ABS light came on. anyone got any ideas??

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DID YOU CHECK YOUR ALTERNATOR?
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DID YOU CHECK YOUR ALTERNATOR?

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yeh i have checked my alternator is reads from 14.24 with no lights to 14.39 with them on. thats about right isnt it?

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yea it does sound right.. hmmmm wtf??

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i had similar issue, my wiring to the alternator needed to be replaced, and the switch in the dash near the stalk for the headlights was overheating causing power surge and car to lose power cut out for a nano second...

auto elec put in a relay to take load off the switch and now shes sweet, i can use headlights, stereo, etc happy days...

i cant remember the name of the switch for the life of me.. but check that out... take off the casing on the steering column and have a feel see if its hot then could be your problem
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