stalling when starting

[circmand]

seems like it is always doing it but I always have left it at least the half hour.

[technocoy]

Mine does this when it's hot outside. It seemed weird to me that it was when it was hot, so I tried (completely by chance) taking the gas cap off for a second and putting it back on. This works EVERY time. It's also making me think it has something to do with pressure in the tank. I thought it may be the cap, so I bought a new one, but same thing.

Maybe it is the fuel pressure regulator. I'll have to look into it.

Try removing the cap and putting it back on as an immediate fix though.

Cheers,
technocoy

[circmand]

my area certainly qualifies. The middle of the desert but it is funny while it still hits 100 degrees most days we are not in the 110s and 120s anymore and it is worse now. What does make sense is if the fual cap is not allowing air in then the fuel pump needs to work harder but since the problem usually occurs after sitting you figure air would have gotten in overnite and it would not be as bad after sitting.

[Finnvx]

try sea foam stuff works great, it fix my high idle problem

[SilverBullet75]

Hi,
My VX started this symptom (intermittantly) the other day. I took it to a shop for an unrelated issue, and it failed to start for them. It would fire, then die, fire then die...

The guy had obviously seen this before. He went straight to the Idle Solenoid (what he called it). It has a blue/black connector and is mounted to the intake plenum by two screws. He pulled it out (It looks like a plunger with a spring around it, caked with carbon)... and had a guy turn the key to "on" without starting the engine. No movement of the plunger. So, he moved it back and forth with his hands, then asked the guy to turn the key again to "on". The plunger MOVED! So he disconnected it and took it to his bench and cleaned the carbon off real good... re-assembled it to the engine and started the motor. It ran/runs great! Actually runs better now too... smoother! Have not had the problem since.
Talk about an EASY fix to this common problem!
---JIM---

[pbkid]

hmm...ive been having fuel problems lately and have been considering doing the fuel filter, FPR, and maybe this ^^^ if you can take some pics of location..

[SilverBullet75]

Here you go!
(credit goes to CeCe. I marked up her pic... hope you don't mind CeCe!)

I was wrong about the colors of the connector... looks like yellow/black, not blue/black.