Aurora Engine stalling

[bustedratchet]

I'd go along with dsatt. I've seen chunks of carbon hold these things open and they will idle like crap and then stall. Pop it off and clean it with some carb/choke cleaner see what happens.

[Auror_AH]

I've had the same problem with my 1995 I just bought. Mine kicks out at a dead stop and I noticed when I was playing with the tilt steering. Although my room mate doesn't recall even touching the steering column and the car stalled. So I don't know but I hope it's an easy fix. I love this car :o) This is also my first post on the board so it's nice to meet all of you......

Amanda
95' Aurora
White on Black
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[Indy8]

Dealers service operations make their money by replacing parts. Quickie diagnosis followed by some ridiculous quote, they change out the part, take your cash. Actually finding the solution to a problem and fixing it slows down their money making machine. Tuning problems always get blown off because they can take hours to solve and it's harder for them to justify a huge repair bill to the customer, it just ties up one of their bays. Internal combustion engines, no matter how high-tech, will never be perfect. I've never had a problem with my running condition or idle. My advice is to find a GOOD independent shop who would be willing to spend some time at labor rate to find your problem.

[kentuckyjoe]

My 97 will stall when it is warm and usually rolling to a stop, if it doesn’t die, the lights will dim.
Add that to my list.
I am very disappointed in this car

[RickyZ]

Joe....u on-line? I'm wondering about your problem. I have same

[Indy8]

Originally Posted by kentuckyjoe

My 97 will stall when it is warm and usually rolling to a stop, if it doesn’t die, the lights will dim.
Add that to my list.
I am very disappointed in this car

I thought I got a pretty good deal when I bought mine(wholesale), now I owe three grand more than it's worth and I would love to dump it. I have a 1984 Celica that is way more reliable.

[sf4013]

Have a 1998 Aurora. just started dying at idle. It runs fine till it just "stops". No shudder, not rough just like you pulled the plug. Dealer has us driving around with a computer code reader in the car. They have tried many things so far to no avail.
Help

[RickyZ]

I've had the stalling problem now for 8 months. I tried everything. Yesterday I had the computer changed out as the dealer said that was the most probable cause. Seemed like it worked until today when it stalled 3 times! The computer changeout did not solve the problem but made the frequency of stalling less. It must be trying to control something that is marginal operation. Anyone have more thoughts? This has been a real headache for me. My Mrs. won't drive the car anymore because of this. The dealer has no idea any more!

[97 silverbullet]

I think I know what the problem is. Im all the way up in Illinios and my car stalls and does it again and again, so I can't drive all the way home like this ( i live in md) so I decided to figure out the problem, it ends up that the intake manifold or (plenum) was bad. on the other side of the throttle bottle there is a valve that keeps the car from backfiring. well anyway theres a seal that goes bad, and that causes the stalling out. now when the car is hot its fine cause the seal expands but since the weather has been like 8 degrees most of the time the seal contracts so therefore that leak in the seal causes the problem, no you can't just replace the seal you have to replace the big black thing under you silver cover on the engine, that part costs $422 yeah it sucks big time, but no stalling and I should have another 150k miles left on it, so I hope that helps all of ya out. it only took a couple of hours.

[Auror_AH]

Hey Thanks Silver, that was something i would have never considered, I'll have to check that out... I'll let you know how i turn out. Thanks again.

[Bill V]

Originally Posted by 97 silverbullet

I think I know what the problem is. Im all the way up in Illinios and my car stalls and does it again and again, so I can't drive all the way home like this ( i live in md) so I decided to figure out the problem, it ends up that the intake manifold or (plenum) was bad. on the other side of the throttle bottle there is a valve that keeps the car from backfiring. well anyway theres a seal that goes bad, and that causes the stalling out. now when the car is hot its fine cause the seal expands but since the weather has been like 8 degrees most of the time the seal contracts so therefore that leak in the seal causes the problem, no you can't just replace the seal you have to replace the big black thing under you silver cover on the engine, that part costs $422 yeah it sucks big time, but no stalling and I should have another 150k miles left on it, so I hope that helps all of ya out. it only took a couple of hours.

If you're talking about the backfire pressure relief valve at the end of the intake plenum, it IS serviceable. I've run into a few of these that had deteriorated seals (causing a vac leak). The valve twists out. You need to move the power steering pump for access...

[tdf27]

For what its worth, my '96 was occasionally stalling at stop or rolling to stop with no warning. A bad plug & wire was found & replaced. The problem has not occurred since.

[RickyZ]

Originally Posted by 97 silverbullet

I think I know what the problem is. Im all the way up in Illinios and my car stalls and does it again and again, so I can't drive all the way home like this ( i live in md) so I decided to figure out the problem, it ends up that the intake manifold or (plenum) was bad. on the other side of the throttle bottle there is a valve that keeps the car from backfiring. well anyway theres a seal that goes bad, and that causes the stalling out. now when the car is hot its fine cause the seal expands but since the weather has been like 8 degrees most of the time the seal contracts so therefore that leak in the seal causes the problem, no you can't just replace the seal you have to replace the big black thing under you silver cover on the engine, that part costs $422 yeah it sucks big time, but no stalling and I should have another 150k miles left on it, so I hope that helps all of ya out. it only took a couple of hours.

My staling problem continues. Olds spent hours trying to find out why and failed to. We even checked this gasket you spoke of. They said it seems fine, EGR fine, throttle body fine, all parameters fine...then why the heck does the car stall???? I'm at my wits end!

[Indy8]

Generally speaking, the car is overpriced American engineered crap. I own one also......and wish I didn't.

[dsatt12]

Originally Posted by Indy8

Generally speaking, the car is overpriced American engineered crap.

Hey now, as an American engineer I should resent that. Then again I am sitting at work looking through this forum for hours on end. Hmmmm....