Q: Car dying when stopping
After letting my car idle for about 45 minutes one night, I took off and it began dying at every red light. Managed to get it home by basically restarting and gunning the engine until taking off. The next day i started her up and had no issues. A few days later I let my car idle for about 30 minutes, and the same thing happened. Got it to walmart, shopped for a bit, came out and got all the way home without any issues. What causes this? My first thought was fuel pump, but why does it only do this after a long period of idling and never gives me a hint of an issue otherwise?
My car has 141000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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