Q: Ignition turns over but stalls after idle or idles fine but stalls when put in drive.
Engine will turn over and idle fine but stall when put in drive. Other times it will not turn over at all unless I press acceleration pedal. Distributor cap, spark plugs and ignition wires were replaced two months ago and solved the issue. Same issue started up again today.
My car has 168000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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