stalling when starting

[circmand]

my area certainly qualifies. The middle of the desert but it is funny while it still hits 100 degrees most days we are not in the 110s and 120s anymore and it is worse now. What does make sense is if the fual cap is not allowing air in then the fuel pump needs to work harder but since the problem usually occurs after sitting you figure air would have gotten in overnite and it would not be as bad after sitting.

[Finnvx]

try sea foam stuff works great, it fix my high idle problem

[SilverBullet75]

Hi,
My VX started this symptom (intermittantly) the other day. I took it to a shop for an unrelated issue, and it failed to start for them. It would fire, then die, fire then die...

The guy had obviously seen this before. He went straight to the Idle Solenoid (what he called it). It has a blue/black connector and is mounted to the intake plenum by two screws. He pulled it out (It looks like a plunger with a spring around it, caked with carbon)... and had a guy turn the key to "on" without starting the engine. No movement of the plunger. So, he moved it back and forth with his hands, then asked the guy to turn the key again to "on". The plunger MOVED! So he disconnected it and took it to his bench and cleaned the carbon off real good... re-assembled it to the engine and started the motor. It ran/runs great! Actually runs better now too... smoother! Have not had the problem since.
Talk about an EASY fix to this common problem!
---JIM---

[pbkid]

hmm...ive been having fuel problems lately and have been considering doing the fuel filter, FPR, and maybe this ^^^ if you can take some pics of location..

[SilverBullet75]

Here you go!
(credit goes to CeCe. I marked up her pic... hope you don't mind CeCe!)

I was wrong about the colors of the connector... looks like yellow/black, not blue/black.

[CoastieCosta567]

i just finished cleaning that sensor and plus i also found out that the MAF sensor on my Veronica(VX) was backwards, hmmmm don't know how , but i fixed it, and with those two things done, and cleaned out, WOW, huge diffrence in Accel... and response, i can'tg even discribe the diffrnce but i can feel a big jump from being sluggish and slower to really feeling like i'm driving a stick car. its really that big of a jump and it's weird. Thanx for the info silverbullet.

[Riff Raff]

Hmmm, interesting thread with very credible and pertinent information. Perhaps, Moncha (Scott) can attach this thread to the "How To's" column for future reference related to fuel/starting issues.

[circmand]

Here you go!
(credit goes to CeCe. I marked up her pic... hope you don't mind CeCe!)

I was wrong about the colors of the connector... looks like yellow/black, not blue/black.

A word of warning be careful when unhooking this as the blue rubber gasket can fall off quite easy and in some cases fall into the hole by there which is impossible to get out. On the bright side there is a purplr and black connector on the air filter tube going to the motor and the purple gasket can be used to replace the blue one til you get to the parts store and replace it.