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Mx-3 GS Dying at stop

Posted: June 14th, 2008, 1:26 pm
by nix_83
I have a 92 Mazda MX-3 GS Manual V6. The car runs great but when I stop, it revs a little (think to trying to stay running) and then dies. Does this in any gear, even neutral. Car starts right back up but next stop dies. Really annoying to have to restart car at every stop sign. My rpms are very low when I stop, falls below 1000. Thinking my idle might be off but not sure, since it won't idle at all just dies. When starting it first time it revs up like normal but then jumps in first gear when I take off, have to shift to second to go smoothly. Want to try everything at once to fix it so looking for any suggestions at all.

Re: Mx-3 GS Dying at stop

Posted: June 14th, 2008, 1:45 pm
by Ryan
This happens a lot to lots of guys who just buy the vehicle. Me too. My problem was toast valves and poorly set idle. I also have the 4cyl. If you search around a bit here, you'll probably come across a great deal of answers :)

Best of luck.

Re: Mx-3 GS Dying at stop

Posted: June 14th, 2008, 2:30 pm
by mitmaks
possible vacuum leak.