RPM stalls at 1500

SR20 Who Knew? · Aug 1st, 2003, 08:36 PM

I have a stock 98 SE-R automatic and after I rev my engine I see that the needle goes down but at 1500 it stops for a second then bubbles back down to idle. What can be causing this? And is it something really serious?

Harris · Aug 1st, 2003, 11:47 PM

Oh boy....

Ok, there is nothing to worry about, there is nothing serious going on. Thats how these engines are at times.

Just making it short and simple as I know that if I talk technical, you won't understand a thing I said.

SR20 Who Knew? · Aug 1st, 2003, 11:54 PM

So there is nothing going on that should need immediate attention but will this turn into a problem later on?

samk · Aug 2nd, 2003, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by SR20 Who Knew?
So there is nothing going on that should need immediate attention but will this turn into a problem later on?

no problem...no worries...there's nothing wrong.

SR20 Who Knew? · Aug 2nd, 2003, 12:26 AM

Ok. Had me worried for a while.

joobah · Aug 7th, 2003, 01:51 PM

ok well if you care the real reason is that, like a cold start, the sr20 engine management will keep the idle artificially high to give time for the alloy block to cool while not stalling after a hard run or freeway driving.

You can easily get the thing to stall/near stall if you say, pull off the freeway then suddenly depress the clutch while still going 70, it goes beserk when the rpm drops like that.

besides the finiky rollerrockers valve accuators (turbo fans will hate the rev-limiting accuators). its a nice compact lightweight engine, the egr (which i disconnected since its just full of carbon) would be the other complaint.