Warm engine stuttering/stalling
I have a 2000 chevy s-10 4 cyl.standard transmission with only 38,000 miles on it. A few weeks ago, it suddenly started stalling/stuttering/not going at intersections. It seems to happen after I have been in stop and go traffic for a while. It never happens when the engine is cold. When it begins to happen, it usually starts by suddenly stalling. I restart it, and then either at that intersection, or the next (or both) when I push in the gas, it is like it is going to stall again, and that I am not getting enough gas to the engine. I pump the gas, and try to let up the clutch, but I have a hard time getting a steady gas flow, and so the car just jerks its way through the intersection. Often, the truck will do ok again after being stuck hellishly in the middle of a few busy intersections.
Today I noticed that while pushing in the clutch at a few intersections before the problem started up again, it was starting to rev itself slightly. Also, while the problem was occuring, I went to put on my hazards, and they would not flash, just stayed on. Today it was worse, but by the time my fiance tried driving it, it was fine again, and the hazard lights worked fine. I took it to midas who kept it for a couple of days, were unable to replicate the problem, put in a new battery and changed some fluids, charged me 400.00 and then I had the exact problem on the way home. Then I took it to a dealer who couldn't find anything, they kept it for a few days, but at least only charged me 35.00.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing this?
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