1980s 5.7 L TBI engine. Stalls while stopped and idling.

Asked by bobsGMC Jan 09, 2020 at 01:56 AM about the 1989 Chevrolet C/K 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I really want to avoid wholesale parts swapping out if I can avoid it.
The problem doesn't seem to occur until the engine is well warmed up. The idle speed generally seems to be at its normal level at this time. (no tach installed)

When stopped with vehicle in gear. (IE traffic light) The idle will suddenly and randomly drop causing the engine to stall. This happens anywhere from 3 - 45 seconds after stopping. It does re-start pretty easily.
But:
When stopped with the vehicle in Neutral or Park. It does not happen. (Or hasn't started happening yet at this point) But it will occasionally stall 1-3 seconds after shifting the vehicle into gear.

If you maintain a slightly higher idle by slightly depressing the accelerator it will not do it in either case.

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oilyspill answered 4 years ago

I don't know what testing you've done? How long since a tune-up? Any applicable trouble codes? Anything related to iac/idle air control? Take throttle body off and clean it, throttle bore--any small passages. When you open throttle, your bypassing the iac.

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