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What causes a 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera to stall, when ...
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What causes a 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera to stall, when you abruptly apply the brakes? After the stall, the car starts right up and the car runs smoothly.

 

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1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 3100 V6 SFI

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August 29 10:31 PM (40 minutes and 21 seconds later)
         
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If the brake booster one way valve is bad it wil cause this.

Try plugging the brake booster vacuum line with a bolt and try to see if the car does it again. If it doesn't then pull the one way valve inline and check it. It should allow passage of air in one direction only. When they go bad they basically create a huge vacuum leak for the engine via the brake booster and the engine cannot keep the idle up and it dies.



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August 29 10:43 PM (11 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
Reply to Kyle Northrop's Post: Thank you for your response. I am going to press accept but I was wondering if you knew approximately how much the brake booster would cost to replace.

Again, thank you for your quick response.
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August 29 11:40 PM (57 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         
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I was talking about a valve, not the whole booster. Prices depend on where you live but ballpark for that valve is like 20 bucks. Let me know if you need more help.

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August 30 7:04 AM (7 hours and 23 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
Reply to Kyle Northrop's Post: Again, thank you for your expertise.
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