# Abrupt intermittant stalling

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/abrupt-intermittant-stalling/16088>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 1, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/abrupt-intermittant-stalling/16088 "2008-07-01T14:41:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![RHuibregtse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@RHuibregtse](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RHuibregtse)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/abrupt-intermittant-stalling/16088/1 "2008-07-01T14:41:03Z")

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I have a 1991 Chevy Astro van with 138,000 miles. It has been running fine. In the last week I have experienced two instances when after driving several miles and stopping for gas or shopping upon restarting and driving just a short distance the vehicle stalled by sputtering and then after a few restarts and getting it to catch its breath it ran fine again. Any ideas? The first time was just after topping off the tank with a few gallons of gas.