Stalling

[Familyguy88]

I have a 2002 Cavalier with the 2200 notor. The car runs beautifully while cruising but not when I come to a stop. The car tends to stall while it sits in one position for a while. For instance stop lights stop signs etc. While in idle the rpms tend to surge and then drop below the .5 thousand mark on the tach. I just recently installed new spark plugs thinking that that could be the the problem it helped a little bit, but it still stalls. This problem is getting very annoying as I have to keep worrying about the car stalling out at intersections and such. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank You for your time.

[Cavalier2000]

how old are your plug wires. and how many miles are on the car. Could be a gummy injectors but it is probably just simply your fuel filter.

[Familyguy88]

The car has 57000 miles on it. The plug wires are the original wires that came with the vehicle.

[Familyguy88]

I took the car in today for an inspection and they said that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the car.

[JeRkY2]

With only 57000 miles on it I would't suspect that the injectors being gummy would be an issue but it probably wouldn't hurt to use up a few tanks of fuel with some injector cleaner in it. You may want to check out your IAC valve. It could be dirty and sticky. ITs usually located close to the throttle body in the intake plenum. When you remove it use an intake cleaner that is safe for your car. An old tooth brush helps too. When you are cleaning it, make sure that the end with the spring and pintle (part that was in the plenum) is pointing down while you gently clean and dry it. You will also want to clean and dry the port that the IAC came out. Replace the valve and start your car. You could then use the cleaner to clean your plenum with the car running. You will have to put one hand on the throttle to keep the engine from stalling. Again, make sure that the cleaner you get is safe for your engine. After that, rev it a few times to get all the cleaner out. Hopefully that helps.

[Cavalier2000]

I'd say do a tune up, change the fuel filter and slam some injector cleaner. Cleaning the tb and the iac is good but I've never done it.

[CavLCD128]

u gotta figure that if it stalls at low rpms...(as in ur just sitting there its idling at 1000 rpms) its either ignition or fuel/air ratio goin into the engine...after trying a tune up, if that dosnt help, try ignition system first...mabye a new ignition coil or Distributor? that would be my first choice...hope that helps

[ifidie2nite]

Originally Posted by Familyguy88

I have a 2002 Cavalier with the 2200 notor. The car runs beautifully while cruising but not when I come to a stop. The car tends to stall while it sits in one position for a while. For instance stop lights stop signs etc. While in idle the rpms tend to surge and then drop below the .5 thousand mark on the tach. I just recently installed new spark plugs thinking that that could be the the problem it helped a little bit, but it still stalls. This problem is getting very annoying as I have to keep worrying about the car stalling out at intersections and such. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank You for your time.

I hate these cavaliers. Mine's doing the same thing. Do your RPMs drop on acceleration and then rise?

[03CavyMan]

Originally Posted by ifidie2nite

I hate these cavaliers. Mine's doing the same thing. Do your RPMs drop on acceleration and then rise?

I know off hand that the 2003 and 2004 Cavaliers need to have their PCM's re-programmed due to this problem, there's a bulletin for them. Not too sure about the 2002's.

My 2003 did the same thing, I'd have full power but sometimes when I'd push the clutch in or come to a stop the RPM's would drop to 400 or so, and sometimes it would cut out. On my lunch break at work one day I looked in SI to see if there was any PCM updates, sure enough there was. I brought my car in after work, re-programmed the PCM and the problem hasn't come back since.

[ifidie2nite]

Originally Posted by 03CavyMan

I know off hand that the 2003 and 2004 Cavaliers need to have their PCM's re-programmed due to this problem, there's a bulletin for them. Not too sure about the 2002's.

My 2003 did the same thing, I'd have full power but sometimes when I'd push the clutch in or come to a stop the RPM's would drop to 400 or so, and sometimes it would cut out. On my lunch break at work one day I looked in SI to see if there was any PCM updates, sure enough there was. I brought my car in after work, re-programmed the PCM and the problem hasn't come back since.

Do you think this could be causing my problem too? I have a 1994 v6 and it pretty much does the same thing. I haven't heard about any reprogramming needed for these though.

[03CavyMan]

Originally Posted by ifidie2nite

Do you think this could be causing my problem too? I have a 1994 v6 and it pretty much does the same thing. I haven't heard about any reprogramming needed for these though.

I don't think this would be your problem. I don't think the computers in those cars can be re-programmed.

[cz15n]

My 01,manul is doing exactly the same thing. It seems a common problem for cavaliers. Is there any solution about this？

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I have a Chevy Cavalier (manual 2.2) that sometimes it turns off, Let’s say you drive for about 30 mins and the car loses the power, you try Giving gas and gas and it doesn’t do anything, so to get it working again You have to turn it off then back on. Sometimes when are waiting at the Red light it turns off for no reason, it doesn’t make noises or anything wrong That you can tell right away what’s the problem. It’s been with this problem For about 2 months, the same thing over and over about 3 to 5 times per day.

Something weird is that if it’s a cold day or raining the car doesn’t faint, but if It’s hot the problems shows up.

BTW, no check engine light on, I have replaced coil packs, ignition mod, fuel filter, spark plugs, ignition wires, and had a injector cleanning. Still no help.

If someone has had any experience like this one or knows what’s going? Please let me know.
Thanks a lot.
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[Cavalier2000]

hell you brought this thing back from the dead

[cz15n]

Originally Posted by Cavalier2000

hell you brought this thing back from the dead

Shut up if u have no idea on this...

[Cavalier2000]

I did have an idea 3 months ago..... and said it