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Lil Freek
09-08-2004, 11:29 AM
Lately I've been having a strange problem with my car almost stalling.

It only happens when the car is newly warmed up. (just reaches the midpoint in the temp gauge - where it should be).
The engine just starts choking and my car revs down to ~200rpm and comes soooo close to stalling. I'm afraid my ATx will stall - which isn't ever supposed to happen.

What could cause this?? My buddy has the same issue in his 2002 P5, 5spd. The only thing we have in common is catbacks.. he has the Racing Beat, I have the Magnaflow. Both were installed professionally by 2 different shops. Mine's been on for 4 months, his for 6months, and this has just started. We both run on 87octane from major gas stations.

The only other 'out of the ordinary' thing with my car is the ZF### plugs from the FS-ZE engine. I put those in about 6 months ago - properly.

Lil Freek
09-08-2004, 12:21 PM
bumpity.. any help?

Lil Freek
09-08-2004, 02:11 PM
I spoke the service lady at my dealership.. she said it might be the EGR valve... any ideas?
i think it's odd cuz i'm at 94000km, and my buddy is at 24000km... big diff to have the same part go faulty.

Dimitrios
09-08-2004, 04:52 PM
Mine's been doing that lately for some reason; I'm going to pull the AEM intake and go back to stock (I miss the torque). I think I have an air leak someplace....

I would imagine that the EGR or other air recirc. items (read: systems and parts that pertain to maintaining a smooth idle).