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IF they are only lasting that short of time they are either A: incorrect B: installed incorrectly C: the valve guides are worn and damaging the seals

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Are these sold or available?

For sale is a stereo mount kit and harness. I wound up with an extra when I did my wife's stereo install Metra 99-7505 mount kit Metra 70-7903 harness adapter Metro 86-5618 stock radio removal keys Sold

Stalling problem fixed. I swapped out the crank and cam sensors while I was replacing the leaking water pump and all is good now. The wife is happy that her car doesn't stall in the parking lot at work.

156k on the car. The throttle body is clean, the idle air control valve is new(OEM). The car always starts, just sometimes it cant keep itself running on its own. It seems like if I keep my foot on the throttle a tiny bit it is fine.

Installed new Hitachi coils, still does it. Car pretty much always idles a little low on hot startup, then sometimes it will shut off all the sudden like you turned the key off. After that it is fine.

No codes. PRC solenoid is working properly. Purge solenoid is working properly, and it still does it with the hose blocked off. No intake leaks. EGR valve is ruled out when it still dies with the tube blocked off. Leaning towards coils as they look to be some cheap aftermarkets, just not sure...

My wife's car has been having a stalling issue for a while now that I can't seem to track down. When the engine is hot and sits for a bit, like when you run into the store, it will start then idle really low and then catch itself, sometimes it stalls though. Other times it will catch itself and...

Joe Gibbs break in oil.

As long as it has the emissions equipment. If needed you could install your intake manifold to retain everything.

No rubbing, even loaded down with camping gear on rough roads. We haven't had the car long and my wife doesn't track mileage for some reason... We took it on a trip and averaged 27mpg, and that was on HWY 1 (scenic and curvy coastal road) as well as some single lane mountain roads and about 10...

Running 205/55R16 on my car with no issues, it rides MUCH better now. Running Cooper CS5 Ultra and very happy with them.

It could also be a bad power steering pressure switch. Try disconnecting the single wire switch on the pump and see if the idle drops.