Malibu problems
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Just replaced crankshaft postiion sensor but car is stalling out like before. Is there some kind of re-learn procedure that needs to be done by disconnecting the battery or something.
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Disconnected battery overnight and car still stalls out after about 5 minutes of idling. Most times it starts right back up but occasionally it took a little more effort but it did start not like after several minutes of trying or anything like that. I haven't tried driving the car at all because of the stalling at idle issue so I'm nervous about driving it. I have swapped out the ignition tower with coils and ignition control because I had a spare one here. I also replaced the TPS as well the crankshaft position sensor in the last 2 days because of codes that were originally scanned. One thing I noticed was that there seems to be an awful lot of condensation coming from the exhaust as there are large spots on the driveway anywhere I move the car to when idling and it seemed excessive to me but I might be wrong. Please any help offered is greatly appreciated as my son goes back to college next week and I really need to get this fixed. Thanks again for all help offered.
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you check for vacuum leaks and fuel pressure? the fuel pressure reg has a vacuum tube on it and a bad one or a leak can cause it to be lean
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I'll check those out. Also I'm hearing that installing aftermarket crankshaft position sensors don't always work. Any thoughts on that and what about the re-learn procedure that must be done.
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After market sensors are fine. Not doing a case learn when changing the CPS may cause performance issues but I don't think it will cause the car to stall. Same thing with a vacuum leak. Pull the vacuum hose off the fuel pressure regulator and smell the vac line for gas.
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