Hi,
About a week and a half ago my 1999 Outback began stuttering while under load. When at stop signs the idle would fluctuate up and down. Over a couple of days it got more pronounced until finally the car would actually stall. It was really hard to keep running then, and I'd have to keep the RPMs up to get it home.
This only happened when the car was good and warmed up.
After checking as many things as I could think of I took it to the dealer. Long story short, they decided the problem was the fact there were some broken evap lines (from rust) and the charcoal cannister was full of gas. They also saud the purge valve was full of gas and shot. They replaced it all -- I had to wait a week for the parts to come in -- and they replaced it. It set me back a pretty penny, too.
I knew those components were faulty, by the way. I could smell gas sometimes, even after I replaced the filler neck last month, so I knew something was up. They weren't making it up.
Well guess what, I picked up the car this morning and on the way home, after it was well warmed up, it did it again. I barely made it into my driveway.
Here's what has been done to car, besides the work the dealer has done:
New plugs and coil, both O2 sensors new, cleaned throttle bottle, new air filter, new TPS, new purge valve, new PCV, new knock sensor.
The battery cables look OK to me, the terminals are clean, the charging system is running at 14.4 V at idle. Battery is good and strong, it endured me turning the car over and over teying to get it to restart the first time it failed.
I'm at my wits' end. I can't put more money in this thing; at this point, I just want to fix it to run and unload it.
Help?
About a week and a half ago my 1999 Outback began stuttering while under load. When at stop signs the idle would fluctuate up and down. Over a couple of days it got more pronounced until finally the car would actually stall. It was really hard to keep running then, and I'd have to keep the RPMs up to get it home.
This only happened when the car was good and warmed up.
After checking as many things as I could think of I took it to the dealer. Long story short, they decided the problem was the fact there were some broken evap lines (from rust) and the charcoal cannister was full of gas. They also saud the purge valve was full of gas and shot. They replaced it all -- I had to wait a week for the parts to come in -- and they replaced it. It set me back a pretty penny, too.
I knew those components were faulty, by the way. I could smell gas sometimes, even after I replaced the filler neck last month, so I knew something was up. They weren't making it up.
Well guess what, I picked up the car this morning and on the way home, after it was well warmed up, it did it again. I barely made it into my driveway.
Here's what has been done to car, besides the work the dealer has done:
New plugs and coil, both O2 sensors new, cleaned throttle bottle, new air filter, new TPS, new purge valve, new PCV, new knock sensor.
The battery cables look OK to me, the terminals are clean, the charging system is running at 14.4 V at idle. Battery is good and strong, it endured me turning the car over and over teying to get it to restart the first time it failed.
I'm at my wits' end. I can't put more money in this thing; at this point, I just want to fix it to run and unload it.
Help?