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If the car will start the rpms fluctuate going from about 700 rpms to 2000 rpms, the car will then die. if the vehicle starts again it will do the same thing and will smell like gas
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some cars ECU will go into limp mode when power is removed it has to relurn your driving habits also some need to be reset after a flat battery. contact the makers for more info
throttle position sensor has failed on the throttle body. you now need to change the full throttle try on ebay. but get your codes to confirm it has failed.
Can be caused by failing idle air control valve or by vacuum leaks or egr valve stuck open. See notes at link below. Do It Yourself Diagnosis and Repair
2 possible reasons
1--- failed cat converter blocking the exhaust
2---EVAP system not venting the fuel tank properly
run the fault codes and have an exhaust shop check the at converter
My best guess is gonna be a vaccum leak... pick up a cheap can of carb cleaner. Start your car and listen for a whistle or something close. it will probly be near or behind the throttle body. take your carb cleaner and spray it with out the little red hose around the back coner on the driver side of the motor. you can visually inspect the area after you hear an increase the idle. if you dont find it there spray all around any where you see a hose. Hope it helps. a vaccum leak usually wont set a check engine light on OBD 1 cars. Good luck.
Fluctuating an high RPMs sounds like a leaking or missing vaccume hose to me, I had simmilar problem found open hole with hose off, replaced it now the RPMs are under 1000 again.
As for the stalling I also am having a simmilar problem, and am finding air in the fuel rail, I suspect the fuel pump is going.
I cant go more than a mile without problems.
If the check engine light is on, take the car to an autoparts store and have them use a scan tool to retrieve any fault codes stored in the car's computer. Most parts stores will perform the scan for free. This will show what faults the computer has identified and what systems are being affected. That will eliminate speculation. Hope this helped and best wishes.
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