# Stalling

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/stalling/13030>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 18, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stalling/13030 "2008-04-18T17:29:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![rjpettiford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rjpettiford](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rjpettiford)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stalling/13030/1 "2008-04-18T17:29:33Z")

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What can cause a car to stall?

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**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wizard)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stalling/13030/2 "2008-04-18T17:54:37Z")

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Vacuum leak; dirty injectors; water in the gas; low idle setting; very dirty (clogged)air filter; clogged gas filter; bad connection to the ignition; etc.

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stalling/13030/3 "2008-04-18T18:14:32Z")

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If you have a specific problem, give specific details. The problem of STALLING is too broad without providing details to make the diagnosis small enough to handle.