car dies when put in gear

Just started this morning. Car starts fine, but if it idles for more than a couple of seconds and I put it in gear, it dies. I can restart and put in gear, only if I do it right away. Let it idle for a couple of seconds, and it will die again if I put it in gear.

Any ideas?

Sounds like a problem with the "idle air motor". Probably not re-acting fast enough.

Bill

JESUS, MARY and JOSEPH!!! Autozone has them for $100 [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] That's too much for me to spend "just in case". Is there a way to test it?

Off to the Junkyard for me.

i,d check for a vacuum hose cracked/busted first,..egr stuck open ever so slightly,.

Nick

I had the same problem a while back. I took the idle air motor off and sprayed it out good with intake cleaner.Haven't had a problem with it since.

94X2 wrote:

I had the same problem a while back. I took the idle air motor off and sprayed it out good with intake cleaner.Haven't had a problem with it since.

HMMMM, I have a can of that around here somewhere. I'll give that a shot.