Hey guys,

I recently took off my IM to clean it out, and to clean my IACV.

Since then, my car has stalled while driving randomly. I'll just be cruising along, and I notice the battery and oil lights are on. Then I realize the engine actually just turned off.

So while ~40mph, I just press the clutch and try to start the car again. The starter tries for a little bit, and eventually it will turn on.

The second time this happened, I pressed the throttle a bit while turning the engine on. The car started and then revved, but it sounded like an electric toy spooling up. Very strange noise. Then went back to normal.

Could it be a bad fuel pump?

 

If you suspect that it may be the fuel pump, have the fuel pressure checked.
But, if this just happened after the "cleaning", recheck your work. Maybe it's something vacuum related, IDK ???

 

I think it's just my A/C compressor acting up. Coincidence with the cleaning.

 

Follow up where if you end up figuring it out. Curious myself..

 

Any other/new details describing what happens? If I come across any info that sounds related will let you know bro. If it aint broke dont fix it

 

I'm pretty sure my A/C compressor clutch is failing. The refrigerant was low for ~3 years, so the compressor probably didn't have enough oil.

When I press the clutch, the RPM dropped all the way to ~700rpm, and the A/C compressor kicked on and just killed the engine.

When I start up the car again, I can hear the A/C compressor winding up. It almost sounds like a turbo lol.