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Stalling and Power Problems - 7/12/2007 10:15:04 AM

thelannans

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I have a 2000 Elantra which ran fine until recently. When driving it will lose power for a second or two and then continue. Also, when stopping or at idle it will stall. It's driving me crazy and Hyundai claims there is no recall so I'm posting before I hand it over to them or my regular mechanic for suggestions.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

BTW - No engine or other warning lights.

Thanks,
-B

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RE: Stalling and Power Problems - 7/31/2007 6:37:01 AM

mechanic98

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Ok, well, it could be a number of things.. The idle air control IAC or could be a clogged Catalytic converter... When was the last tune up? How many miles on it?

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RE: Stalling and Power Problems - 7/31/2007 7:37:48 AM

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Yep, couild be IAC, could be a throttle positon sensor or crankshaft position sensor, or.... it could be the ignition switch. I haven't heard of switch problems on Hyundais but I had one go bad on my Escort and once it was fixed my stalling problem went away.

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RE: Stalling and Power Problems - 7/31/2007 8:49:06 AM

thelannans

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It has around 86,000 miles on it. The throttle position sensor was just replaced.

UPDATE: I have been running some tests over the last two weeks. I fueled up, added water remover solution and ran fine for a week. The next week I skipped the solution and just fueled up and had the stalling issues again. I just fueled up and added a higher grade solution to see how this week goes. Sounds like I might have a fuel issue (yuck!) but I will have to run this tank and see how things go. Not so fun

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RE: Stalling and Power Problems - 7/31/2007 9:02:04 AM

mechanic98

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are you getting your fuel from the same station? Sometimes a particular gas station might have water in their tanks. I know they had a big problem about 6 months ago at a station here. I ended up not going to that station, seemed like every time i filled up, the gas sucked, so, i stopped going there, and didn't have any problems since. Just a thought.

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