After turning on my car it will stall and shut off after I hit the gas
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Asked by Jonathanm261 Mar 01, 2019 at 02:55 PM about the 1998 Toyota Camry LE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 98 Toyota Camry with 120k miles on it.
Recently, whenever I turn the car on I notice it's
idling at 6-8 hundred rpms. When I tap the gas
pedal it stalls and shuts off. When I try to turn it
back on it turns over for a second then stalls again.
The only thing I've been able to do is once I get it
started I leave it to warm up and no problem. Even
that isn't always working as now it will sometimes
shut off while idling. Any idea what this could be?
Car has a new alternator, new belts, and new
battery.

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KenF answered 5 years ago

It may be the intake air control valve or circuit. The IAC lets the engine breath when no throttle is applied.

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Jonathanm261 answered 5 years ago

I found during my research that I could clean the valve and the air intake w stp. Would you recommend that?

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KenF answered 5 years ago

You can clean the valve, but beware of spraying carb cleaner into the air intake, MAF sensors can be damaged by the wrong type of cleaner.

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Maykel answered 3 years ago

I need to check my 1998 toyotam camry too cuz the same thing just happened to me yesterday after the mechanic changed the water pump,time belt,radiador and thermostat and the car was okay a day before he fixed it so Idk what could it be, it turn on but then it stall when tap on the gas pedal and shuts off

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