J3TXR6 Member 88 Member For: 16y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/07/09 10:20 PM Share Posted 27/07/09 10:20 PM Hey all,over the past couple of weeks, my car has been idling very rough....like jumping from 1000 RPM -> 300RPM AND BACK. It gets to the point where the car stalls. Then I have to turn it back on again and its fine for a little while until it starts again. I just serviced the car 3 days ago and used Castrol Magnatec and topped up all my fluids. I highly doubt it was because of my service....but I need some advice on what it could be and how to fix it....I was thinking it might need a tune but I'm not sure yet. its getting really frustrating to drive in a high traffic environment because of the stalling....so PLEASE HELP!!! lolcheersJ3TXR6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3TXR6 Member 88 Member For: 16y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/07/09 10:28 PM Author Share Posted 27/07/09 10:28 PM Also the car stalls suddenly......it like idles fine and just drops out!!!! I have had the engine light come on once as well.......can someone help me diagnose my car and give me some advice.....would be much appreciated.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo.vixen Hey guys, Tab is here... Oh i feel sick Lifetime Members 8,459 Member For: 16y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: sunshine coast Posted 27/07/09 10:33 PM Share Posted 27/07/09 10:33 PM what mods have been done to your car? auto manual? model? ect ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3TXR6 Member 88 Member For: 16y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/07/09 10:38 PM Author Share Posted 27/07/09 10:38 PM its a BA XR6T 03 Manual 5 speedmods: centre muffler removed, k&n panel filter & dash gauges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo.vixen Hey guys, Tab is here... Oh i feel sick Lifetime Members 8,459 Member For: 16y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: sunshine coast Posted 27/07/09 10:43 PM Share Posted 27/07/09 10:43 PM how old is the battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3TXR6 Member 88 Member For: 16y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/07/09 10:52 PM Author Share Posted 27/07/09 10:52 PM hrmmmm.....over a year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_xr6turbo Donating Members 433 Member For: 17y 2m 16d Location: Richmond, Melbourne Posted 27/07/09 10:58 PM Share Posted 27/07/09 10:58 PM Try changing the batterycheck you haven't knocked any earth straps off during the servicecheck your throttle body for carbon build upcheck that all vacuum hoses are connected correctlybehind the turbo at the back of the head there's a wiring loom that goes into the head. there has been an issue that if this wiring loom melts, it can cause erratic idle, etc.check all those things, if that fails, maybe take it to a tuner and get them to diagnose further (read the fault code on the ecu) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo.vixen Hey guys, Tab is here... Oh i feel sick Lifetime Members 8,459 Member For: 16y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: sunshine coast Posted 27/07/09 10:58 PM Share Posted 27/07/09 10:58 PM when it stalls, does it start ok again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3TXR6 Member 88 Member For: 16y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/07/09 11:01 PM Author Share Posted 27/07/09 11:01 PM yeah starts fine and drives fine until I press the brake or clutch in then the fluctuating idles starts again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPGMH Donating Members 302 Member For: 20y 4m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/07/09 11:52 PM Share Posted 27/07/09 11:52 PM I had similar issues when car was stock,fitted an edit and tuner fixed the gremlins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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