every once in a while, i start the car and then it just dies?

2004 NISSAN SENTRA
30,500 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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VERKO_2
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help. my car just recently incurred this problem. every once in a while, i start the car and then it just dies. i know it can't be anything about my fuel coz it's never empty. so what could it be. any ideas? thanks
Dec 11, 2007 at 10:26 PM
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JEFFYTUNE
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Hi.
Has anyone worked on this car recently?
Dec 12, 2007 at 2:17 AM
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STRAILER
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Stalling at idle is a common problem when the throttle or needs to be serviced or the engine has a vacuum leak, here are to guides that will help us fix it and I have included instructions for you in the images below.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/stall-at-idle

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/throttle-actuator-service

Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.
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