So i did a search for my problem and found a guy that had the same problem, but I am in a bit of a different situation: Here was the problem he had which is the same as mine:
"I stopped at the post office and left it idling for about 15 minutes and another stop at a store for about 5. When I got a few blocks from the store, it started dying. I was able to coast into a bank parking lot where I then went through a similar routine as before. It finally started and when it did, it acted like nothing was wrong. Just turned the key and voila, running good. I started home and about halfway there, it started dying again. I took it out of gear, played with the gas and got it running again. I then drove another mile or so and it did the same thing so i just parked it."
This is pretty much the exact problem that I had. I drove the car 5 hours down to school and everything was fine except one startup problem, but the car ended up starting up fine in the end. but when i got to my apartment i left the car idling because i was worried it wouldnt start up and when i came back outside after like 10 min. i tried to drive away and it would idle a little and then drop dramatically while idling from like 1000 to 500 and i had to put gas into it to keep it up. When iw as driving it to the garage to park it it would idle fine some of the time and then drop almost to 0. I guess it was overheating or something, but i have no idea.
The difference between me and the guy before is he knows some stuff about cars and i know almost nothing. I have the car at school so its not like i have a garage to work at although there are plenty of places that could fix it here, athough i'm on a limited budget. Let me know what you guys think the problem is beacuse i dont want to start it up again and drive it a little and then die. Thanks! -Adam
"I stopped at the post office and left it idling for about 15 minutes and another stop at a store for about 5. When I got a few blocks from the store, it started dying. I was able to coast into a bank parking lot where I then went through a similar routine as before. It finally started and when it did, it acted like nothing was wrong. Just turned the key and voila, running good. I started home and about halfway there, it started dying again. I took it out of gear, played with the gas and got it running again. I then drove another mile or so and it did the same thing so i just parked it."
This is pretty much the exact problem that I had. I drove the car 5 hours down to school and everything was fine except one startup problem, but the car ended up starting up fine in the end. but when i got to my apartment i left the car idling because i was worried it wouldnt start up and when i came back outside after like 10 min. i tried to drive away and it would idle a little and then drop dramatically while idling from like 1000 to 500 and i had to put gas into it to keep it up. When iw as driving it to the garage to park it it would idle fine some of the time and then drop almost to 0. I guess it was overheating or something, but i have no idea.
The difference between me and the guy before is he knows some stuff about cars and i know almost nothing. I have the car at school so its not like i have a garage to work at although there are plenty of places that could fix it here, athough i'm on a limited budget. Let me know what you guys think the problem is beacuse i dont want to start it up again and drive it a little and then die. Thanks! -Adam
