Idles dangerously low when heat and defroster on

[BLsGalant97]

Hey when my car is warmed up and i am on the road with my heat on or defroster, whenever i come to a stop, my RPMs drop very low to almost the 0 and stays there until i turn of the heat etc. Feels like its gonna stall. Then it goes to normal. It is fine when i am driving, only when i come to a stop it drops?? Any ideas. I tried to tighten my throttle...but does the same. My car idles like a little under 900 in park and 700-750 in drive. Please any help would be apreciated.

[pinoyesv6]

my car used to do that. i'd shhift into neutral to ge the rpm's up there and even sometimes rev in neutral to keep it steady. i sould get the shop to tell me what they did to fix it...

[BLsGalant97]

so it was nothing major then with your car

[luxcrusr2000]

I had the same problem with my 6G. Believe it or not it was a faulty fuel filter.

[BLsGalant97]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(luxcrusr2000)</div><div class='quotemain'>I had the same problem with my 6G. Believe it or not it was a faulty fuel filter.</div>

Just curious......how much are fuel filter..ball park figure??

[2True]

Mine was $27 at Kragen, but prices in Alaska are outragous. I just did mine a few weeks ago, I can walk ya through it if need be https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif

[pinoyesv6]

i really hope its the fuel filter. that shouldn't be too hard to change. but that wasn't the case with me. my car was at the dealer for half a week to diagnose and fix. luckily, i didn't have to pay the bill, it was cvaused by my accident

[BLsGalant97]

Ok cool, thank for the info. Well my car is going to the shop tommorrow so they can finally fix my speedo (my car has been stuck at 78,000 for like 3 weeks now, opps https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif ) So maybe they can have a look.

[manybrews]

clean the throttle body. i garantee thats the issue.

[luxcrusr2000]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BLsGalant97)</div><div class='quotemain'>Just curious......how much are fuel filter..ball park figure??</div>

It should run around $15.

[BLsGalant97]

Well heres something that puts insult to injury...now whenever my car idles too low...sometimes my radio just shut off until i turn off the heat/defroster, then it turns on. :roll: Any ideas??

[redlobster]

have you checked your battery or connections to it? When i put my new filter on i had to disconnect battery connections and i didnt put them on tight enough and the radio would shut off when i turned heater on and the lights would always dim, till i connected them tighter.
not sure if thats it just putting in my 2 cents
thanks
sean

[BLsGalant97]

i'll go check the connections....cause my lights are diming alway when the heater is on