Just bought 92' mx3 4 cyl. manual. Stalls occasionally???

[gmbyjeff]

Ok, so like the subject says, I bought a 92' MX3 4 cyl. manual transmission. This is my problem:

The car starts fine. Once its warmed up after a bit, it tends to want to stall out on me if I do not give it gas still and the clutch is engaged. For instance, if I am at a stop light and put the clutch in, the engine drops RPMs to about 0 and sometimes stalls, BUT sometimes it goes back to 1k Rpms and wavers up and down a bit. It only does it when its warmed up and when the clutch is engaged. What do you think??

I live in the US, and bought it for $600 with 117,000 miles on it. Runs ok except for that problem. Good buy??

[Flyer]

Sounds like a problem with the IAC...

[shameem]

Search for Idle problems or issues - this is a very common problem and there could be multiple reasons...
-vacuum leaks
-IAC
-CLT
-Plugs, wires, cap, rotor
-Dirty fuel filter
-Clogged injectors
-bubbles in coolant or low coolant
-Bad alternator (brake lights take up a lot of juice)
-O2 sensor
etc etc.....

[Ryan]

mine did that too. It was a bad head -> bad compression mixed with the idle set to 700. Do a tune up, see how it goes.