slight idling problem (TD)

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slight idling problem (TD)

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I went to munich and back last weekend going 150-160km/h mostly. Was a brilliant trip, though on the way back it happened to me (just 5 minutes after starting the return trip) that when I stopped at the red light, the engine stalled. I subsequently noticed how the revs went awfully low when breaking and coming to a halt. It seems like the critical moment is when the revs come down - it sort of swings to low and then stabilizes at maybe 850rpm. I don't thing the idle speed is too low in general. It's always been at around 850-900rpm and it feels right, but especially when breaking at a red light, going out of gear and with the HP pump kicking in, it's struggling not to stall.

Any simple way of fixing this?

Thanks!
Carl

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Post by MULLEY »

Could it possibly be a slightly blocked fuel filter? I found that when changing gear, going down the box that is, if the revs dropped, the car stalled even though i was still moving.
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2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

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