1986 CHEVROLET CELEBRITY
125,000 MILES
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AJMCCART
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The car just dies while I'm driving along The shop had it for over a week could find nothing, nothing even showed up after hooking it to computer. could it be the idle air control valve even it doesn't show up on computer?
Mar 30, 2013 at 8:28 PM
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FREEMBA
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the idle air control valve only affects the engine during idle. after that air enters the engine through the open throttle valve inside of the throttle body. So it is doubtful that this causes the car to stall while driving down the road.

once it stalls, what do you have to do toget it going again?

Check the fuel pressure as you are driving it, especially when it stalls. could be that the fuel pump is starting to fail.
Mar 30, 2013 at 9:00 PM
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AJMCCART
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Thank you for your help.

I usually just let it sit for a few minutes. The fuel pump failure would not show on the computer?
Mar 31, 2013 at 12:12 AM
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not fuel pump failure would not show on the computer. However, it would show as low/no fuel pressure once the engine stalls, that is why i suggested you check the fuel pressure while driving the vehicle. even after it stalls fuel pressure on a good system would remain high and slowly decrease over a period of 15 minutes or more.
if your car starts to stall and you notice the fuel pressure is near zero, this is an indication that either the fuel pump is failing, fuel filter clogged or a severe fuel leak.
Mar 31, 2013 at 12:48 AM