punkt71 Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Well this has been going on for over a month now. It all started one day when I was pretty low on gas (gas light hadnt come on though) and the truck started stalling when I came to a stoplight. I would start it back up no problem, but then it would die after idling some. I ended up going to the gas station, and filling it up.. and it stopped dying. Now it feels like its going to stall all the time... especially when turning a corning at low speeds, or if I am driving through a parking lot and come to stops, it feels like its going to stall. The RPMs will drop realllly low, and the it sounds like its going to shut off, and then it starts idling again. If i put it in park and rev it up a little, the RPMs drop too low and it almost stalls. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_forma Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 possible the fuel pump is going from almost running out of gas? I have heard if you run out of gas the fuel pump goes in our trucks, although you didnt fully run out it could of went dry from the gas shifting in the tank maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkt71 Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I thought the same thing... but my truck even when the tank is full it has the weird idle/stalling problem. According to my Fuel pressure gauge, I dont have a drop in fuel pressure when it does this. Its a solid 62PSI at idle even when it feels like its going to stall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan06SS Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) Thats weird... any chance you bought some bad gas from somewhere?? I had a buddy describe a similar problem... took it into the dealer and they found all kinds of particles in the fuel system clogging things up... they said most likely from shitty gas. Its either that or the bag of sugar I dumped in your tank Edited October 13, 2006 by Dylan06SS (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04CHASE Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 could be gas could be tuning but it is awkward that it just happened to start acting up like that. id say its definatly something to do with the fuel delivery . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan06SS Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 could be gas could be tuning but it is awkward that it just happened to start acting up like that. id say its definatly something to do with the fuel delivery . <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ... or maybe a fouled/failing plug(s)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montanass Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 an engine needs a few things to run... fuel, air, spark and compression.... too much or too little of each could be causing your problem. I've heard of this happening before but i cant remember the cause of it... I'll do some research and let you know what i come up with... if i dont edit this, i found nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pufferss Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 an engine needs a few things to run... fuel, air, spark and compression.... too much or too little of each could be causing your problem. I've heard of this happening before but i cant remember the cause of it... I'll do some research and let you know what i come up with... if i dont edit this, i found nothing... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> had a similar problem with my idle, cured it with a valvoline product called performance system cleaner it comes in a kit with three separate cleaners, throttle body cleaner, fuel injection cleaner for the tank and intake cleaner that you let drip through a vacuum line with the engine running. just a suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkt71 Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) Its crazy this is happening just now too. It has a new fuel pump and injectors from when I put on the Radix (2-3 months ago), and I changed the plugs out to NGK TR6's a couple of weeks ago and still the same problem. I have had several tanks of gas in there too from different places to see if that helps. Didnt find any sugar in the tank when the fuel pump was done though Dylan Edited October 13, 2006 by punkt71 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGeorge Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) I have the same thing happen every now and then..... more so in reverse. It started after i swapped cams. It doesn't do it often, just sometimes gets a bug up its arse. Edited October 13, 2006 by DaGeorge (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 What RPM is your idle at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montanass Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Ok, I remembered that my buddies 03 silverado z71 did the same thing about a year ago... We jumped to conclusions and checked feul, air, spark and compression which all checked out and then we went to the local les schwabb... for tires or something... we told them the symptoms and a guy who worked there, and he had the same problem... and it turned out to be his BATTERY.... the batt was shot and was causing the problems.... so maybe CHeck your BATTERy.....!!!! good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkt71 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 What RPM is your idle at? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It idles around 650 rpms... when it almost stalls it goes to like 200-300 rpms, and back up... As for the battery... I can check it out, but its an Optima yellow top battery... I thought the alternator is working at that point, and the battery wouldnt really affect it? I dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 I had the same problem with a jeep got really low on gas and sucked up dirt off the bottom of the tank. Clogged up my fuel Filter. ..........Check that its a $5 part anywhere. just trying to hlep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 i had the same prob with mine when my battery died 3 months ago... i was at a light and all the sudden the rpms dropped to 2-300.... it didnt shut off but for about a week after i got my new battery it pulled this sh*t at every red light i stopped at... as for the cure, i dont know.. it just stopped happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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