Car Shuts off When clutch is Engaged

centipede3001 · November 25th, 2010, 12:06 AM

My buddy has a 1995 mustang pretty much the same as mine
Anyways his car was idling at like 1500 when he got it so he back it down to about 1000
NOTE he has a e303 cam

When he set it back if hes going down the road and pushed in the clutch like 80% of the time the car will shut off
Its like it cant catch its self before it stalls
If you push in the clutch and hit the gas it will stay running
Also it wont shut off if your doing like 2000 rpm or under but anything over that it shuts off

Any ideas what this could be its driving him crazy and ive tried to research it and so has he and we cant figure out whats going on ????

MacGuyver2978 · November 25th, 2010, 01:10 AM

First of all what procedure did he use to drop the idle from 1500 to 1000? Do a search on here of base idle procedure. There are many posts that give detailed instructions on how it is supposed to be done. Try that first. If that doesn't solve the problem, look for vacuum leaks next. He might have accidentally pulled a line off trying to adjust the idle. Any more questions you have, I will try to help.

centipede3001 · November 25th, 2010, 01:14 AM

ok he just turned the idle screw so ill look at how it should be done

MacGuyver2978 · November 25th, 2010, 01:24 AM

Not to worry, its a very common mistake. If you follow the base idle info step by step, that should fix his problem. If not let us know.

centipede3001 · November 25th, 2010, 01:38 AM

ok i found the sticky on how to do it so ill try it tommorow morning and see how it goes
Thanks

centipede3001 · November 25th, 2010, 11:44 PM

ok i did it and its defiantly running a lot better i drove it for about 20 minutes and it only shut off 2 times so if defiantly better then i left it sit for a couple hours and started it and it was reving up to 1500 and down to like 800 and bouncing for like 5 minutes then it settled down and was running good and didnt stall the hole drive home

Will it take time for the computer to completely learn the idle setting ?

89drop · December 3rd, 2010, 02:26 AM

i could be wrong but i thing the computer needs like 50-75 miles to "re-learn" when you change something. again, i could be wrong, that is just for some reason stuck in my head...

moneymo · December 3rd, 2010, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by centipede3001

ok i found the sticky on how to do it so ill try it tommorow morning and see how it goes
Thanks

Wheres that sticky. I need that myself..

FastStang91Lx · December 3rd, 2010, 03:43 PM

Scroll up on the 5.0 page here... it's towards the top (the ones you always scroll past to find new threads, lol)

Everett · December 3rd, 2010, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by 89drop

i could be wrong but i thing the computer needs like 50-75 miles to "re-learn" when you change something. again, i could be wrong, that is just for some reason stuck in my head...

It's 50..... Good call not many people know that

FastStang91Lx · December 3rd, 2010, 04:14 PM

Beings it's a cable operated speedo, I'm guessing the computer has no idea how many miles we've driven with our car. Maybe on a 2000.

Could be wrong though, but I doubt it.

bigjohnstud4200 · December 3rd, 2010, 04:17 PM

If that doesn't work, it could be the TPS sensor.

89drop · December 4th, 2010, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Everett

It's 50..... Good call not many people know that

thanks! im good for something once in a while!

November 25th, 2010, 12:06 AM	#1
centipede3001 Regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 reviews	Car Shuts off When clutch is Engaged My buddy has a 1995 mustang pretty much the same as mine Anyways his car was idling at like 1500 when he got it so he back it down to about 1000 NOTE he has a e303 cam When he set it back if hes going down the road and pushed in the clutch like 80% of the time the car will shut off Its like it cant catch its self before it stalls If you push in the clutch and hit the gas it will stay running Also it wont shut off if your doing like 2000 rpm or under but anything over that it shuts off Any ideas what this could be its driving him crazy and ive tried to research it and so has he and we cant figure out whats going on ????

December 3rd, 2010, 03:43 PM	#9
FastStang91Lx I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1991 Mustang LX 5.0 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5,572 iTrader: 2 reviews	Scroll up on the 5.0 page here... it's towards the top (the ones you always scroll past to find new threads, lol) __________________ Point made in less than a few hours with minimal response. http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...ml#post4465184

December 3rd, 2010, 04:14 PM	#11
FastStang91Lx I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1991 Mustang LX 5.0 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5,572 iTrader: 2 reviews	Beings it's a cable operated speedo, I'm guessing the computer has no idea how many miles we've driven with our car. Maybe on a 2000. Could be wrong though, but I doubt it. __________________ Point made in less than a few hours with minimal response. http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...ml#post4465184

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November 25th, 2010, 01:10 AM	#2
MacGuyver2978 Newbie 1989 Foxbody LX Notchback 11.67 @121.4 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Bowdon, GA Posts: 11 iTrader: 0 reviews	First of all what procedure did he use to drop the idle from 1500 to 1000? Do a search on here of base idle procedure. There are many posts that give detailed instructions on how it is supposed to be done. Try that first. If that doesn't solve the problem, look for vacuum leaks next. He might have accidentally pulled a line off trying to adjust the idle. Any more questions you have, I will try to help.

November 25th, 2010, 01:14 AM	#3
centipede3001 Regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 reviews	ok he just turned the idle screw so ill look at how it should be done

November 25th, 2010, 01:24 AM	#4
MacGuyver2978 Newbie 1989 Foxbody LX Notchback 11.67 @121.4 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Bowdon, GA Posts: 11 iTrader: 0 reviews	Not to worry, its a very common mistake. If you follow the base idle info step by step, that should fix his problem. If not let us know.

November 25th, 2010, 01:38 AM	#5
centipede3001 Regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 reviews	ok i found the sticky on how to do it so ill try it tommorow morning and see how it goes Thanks

November 25th, 2010, 11:44 PM	#6
centipede3001 Regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 196 iTrader: 0 reviews	ok i did it and its defiantly running a lot better i drove it for about 20 minutes and it only shut off 2 times so if defiantly better then i left it sit for a couple hours and started it and it was reving up to 1500 and down to like 800 and bouncing for like 5 minutes then it settled down and was running good and didnt stall the hole drive home Will it take time for the computer to completely learn the idle setting ?

December 3rd, 2010, 02:26 AM	#7
89drop Newbie 1989 GT convertible Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Granite City Posts: 8 iTrader: 0 reviews	i could be wrong but i thing the computer needs like 50-75 miles to "re-learn" when you change something. again, i could be wrong, that is just for some reason stuck in my head...

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