ac316scu

hey guys i just went to get food and when i started my car it stalled almost right after i started it. tried agian same thing had to give it gas and make it idle at around 1000 rmp to not die. same problem when driving and when warmed up to temp. i noticed that if im in neutral and let the clutch out the rpms drop slightly, the sound of the engine changes, and it sounds like metal rubbing when im letting it out. power steering also started to act up towards the end of my .5 mile trip. the ps fluid is at min but ill fill it up 2morrow morning. all the vaccum lines to my cai are attached (had happened to me before), no CEL, no codes stored. last time i took it out was around 4 am last night and ran fine. any ideas?? im stuck. thanks in advance guys.

p.s. sorry for the long post

SmallFeesh

Sounds like you might have a bad pulley... simaliar things hapened right before my A/C pulley froze up on me... it may or may not be the power steering pulley... a bad pulley slowing down the system would affect the PS.

35thAnni99GT

clean out your IAC then try again? The pulley thing makes sense, but your car should run better because you're reducing the load on your engine when disengaging the clutch.

ac316scu

ill check the pulleys and clean out my iac in the morning, could any of these happen in a one day period though becasue like i said i drove it last night and everything was fine

SmallFeesh

I dont know about the IAC... but ANYTHING can happen overnight!! The pulley (if it is indeed a pulley), should have been making some sort of noise before now... but you may not have noticed it! If you take out the noises you mentioned... and the power steering being low (sometimes we notice noises more when we are having trouble... noises that may have been there, we just didnt notice them, then when something goes funky we notice the noises and think they are related to the now occuring troubles) it could be the IAC, fuel filter, air filter, etc..... I suppose your clutch could be going out... but it dosent sound likie a going bad clutch!

undecided.steve

How true.
Think about when light bulbs burn out.....when you turn them on, at least most of the time.

35thAnni99GT

The thing that weirds me is that when the load on the engine is reduced it runs worse.A fuel filter would cause problems at higher RPMS, an air filter would reduce throttle response, and a bad clutch would just be slipping alot more causing high revs compared to actual speed.

ac316scu

the engine does not run better with a load sry for any miscommunication, when i said let the clutch out i meant clutch pedal and in turn engaging the clutch. I just went out and drove around the block. same problems still there topped off the ps fluid, but when the engine has been running for a while it is fine, i turn it off then back on the problem comes back.does anybody have a link on how toclean the iac? thanks guys

ohh almost for got to mention this could just be my car being mad at me for buying another car and showing it attention. idk just an idea

ac316scu

so i took the iac off cleaned it put it back on. now my ses light is on and im getting codes for system too lean bank 1 and 2. ordered a new iac from autozone yesterday so well see if it will fix the problem

2000 Ragstang

Have you checked the CAI? I know my daughter leaned on the connections at MAF sensor when she was "helping me" and separtated the pipe and the car idled like crap and stalled everytime I pushed in the clutch. Just a thought.