HELP wrangler stalls downhill

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88yj - 07 Sep 2007 18:05 GMT

i have an 88 wrangler yj, 4.2 L, 6 cyl. when driving down a hill to a
stop sign, when the clutch is in the rpms drop real low and the car
eventually turns off. i dont know if the downhill thing is important
but that seems to be the only time it happens. any help is
appreciated, thanks in advance.

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Jamie Mello - 07 Sep 2007 18:17 GMT

Hi I would say it check your plugs. But if it is only happing when you
go down hill I am not sure that is it or not. Does the check engine
light come on when this happens? That may be a clue to why this is
happing.

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Jamie Mello - 07 Sep 2007 18:19 GMT

You may also want to check the Idle out to.

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c - 07 Sep 2007 18:22 GMT

> i have an 88 wrangler yj, 4.2 L, 6 cyl. when driving down a hill to a
> stop sign, when the clutch is in the rpms drop real low and the car
> eventually turns off. i dont know if the downhill thing is important
> but that seems to be the only time it happens. any help is
> appreciated, thanks in advance.

If it is caused by driving downhill, then I would first look into the
float level being incorrect. If the level is too high, driving downhill
could be causing gas to enter the engine through the float bowl vent.

Chris

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Jamie Mello - 07 Sep 2007 19:37 GMT

You know chris's answer makes more scents then mine does. Good luck
with your YJ.

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