hi everyone...i am very poor and taking my car in is kind of a last resort for me so i wanted to post here and see if someone could help me at least diagnose a problem i'm having.
i have a 97 saturn sc-2..i'm not sure if that helps or not but there it is.
earlier this week, i noticed that when i was driving home from work and i just wanted my car to coast for a few seconds so i would take my foot off the gas pedal, my RPM needle would kinda jump up a little bit and my car wouldn't slow down...it would either stay the same speed (like i had cruise control on) or accelerate one or two mph.
then i noticed that when i hit my brake, the sound of my heat coming out became more quiet.
and also, when i'm braking (and also right after i have put my car in park), my RPM needle lurches forward and you can hear my engine make a sound like it wants to go faster.
i am NOT having any trouble braking, just experiencing weird things when i do brake.
and yesterday while i was stopped at a stoplight, my car just completely quit running, it just stopped. i turned it on again, and it stopped after 3 seconds. i gave it 10-15 seconds, turned it on again and it stayed on but everytime i had to come to a complete stop, it would run VERY quietly like it was going to die.
so i went to the gas station and put a bottle of the fuel injector and carborator cleaning fluid into my gas tank and then drove the highway for 20 miles. now, the only problem i'm experiencing is the braking and stopping issue. whenever my car is braking or in park, the RPM needle jumps up and the engine makes a sound like it would make if i had just hit the gas pedal.
what is causing this and what can i do to fix it? please PLEASE help. thanks.