Shannon, What is happening to the electrical side when this happens. The fuel pump is an electric motor. When Your idling and the voltage drops the fuel pump will slow down and your fuel pressure will drop and go down also. It may look like a pump/fuel problem, but you said it was ok when you race up the engine a little. Then voltage also goes up from the alternator and your ok. Is the battery light coming on. If so then the voltage is dropping so low the car thinks you have shut it off. John Hervey www.specialTauto.com -----Original Message----- From: Shannon Yocom [mailto:ssdelorean@xxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:42 PM To: DMC - DML News Post'n Subject: [DML] idle flux / stall / pickup line? Recently after driving (not cold) when I let the car idle (usually 800-900rpm) I have been getting a weird fluctuation. The following all happens real fast: volts drop, oil light blinks on then off, idle drops below 800 then over 1,200. If I give it a little bit of gas or drive it, all is fine. A few times it actually stalled upon stopping at a traffic light after exiting the highway. Today it stalled while backing into the garage after the clutch was depressed. I tend to think it could be my fuel pick up line being blocked/collapsing or the fuel pump filter being clogged. The reason I think this is because I heard a buzzing a month back that was coming from my fuel pump/tank. I did the "twist-the-fuel-pump-boot-trick" (thanks Ken & Josh) and that took care of the loud buzzing. Every once and a while the buzzing will return but not for long. Am I correct in thinking that it is my fuel pickup line not allowing enough fuel to flow? Could it be something else? Shannon Y 16506 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/