After stalling out the engine will not stay running unless revved

[mprowan87]

If my 2.7 2000MY 986 stalls out, something gets thrown off and the engine will not stay cranked when restarting. Even revving it up high, it will putter out regardless of the throttle application. After a couple of seconds of a 2-3k rpm rev it returns to normal. This has happened twice in the past week. I think those were the only times I have stalled (just got the car, still getting used to the clutch!) but I cannot be certain. I just remember those occasions because of the difficulty to get going again.

Thanks for the input!

[logray]

Hmmmmm.... smells like a crankshaft position sensor, but hard to say.

But it could also be electrical. Perhaps battery, alternator, wiring, or even a faulty module. edit: forgot to mention fuel.

Are there any stored codes? (most places such as autozone/etc. will read codes for free).

Edited December 9, 2011 by logray

[mprowan87]

Thanks Iogray

You really helped me with a different post about the radio and ignition switch last week. I don't know if you followed up with that post but I finally solved that problem 2 nights ago. I (hesitantly) let a friend drive my car today and he stalled out on two different occasions. Neither time did the vehicle have any issues with it returning to proper idle. I guess fuse D1 may have something to do with this as well. This seems to correlate with your theory of an electrical issue. Ill post if it recurs again. Thanks again for all your help. You really know your stuff.

[logray]

NP. D1 is for power windows IIRC, so it's probably unrelated.

[wvicary]

Clean the throttle body and see if that helps resolve the issues.