Engine Wants to Die?

[Mayur]

This happened to me twice now. Once it happened when my fuel was really low so I just thought that there wasnt any gas gettin to the engine. Happened again just now with full tank. What could be wrong? It wants to die for like 2-3 seconds then goes back to normal. Only does when I come up to a red light. Engine just rolled over to 29k miles. This has gotten me all scared now.

[thespud]

I dont want to alarm you, but mine did that right before the ECU died

But the old engine used to do that regularly. I dont know what it was, i never worked it out myself, but you take the car out of gear and try to coast to a stop (I really only engine brake in a manual) occasionally, it would shudder right before you come to a full stop. Is this the problem you are talking about??

[Mayur]

I posted the issue on corolla specific boards and people with injen intakes (like me) are having the same problems.

[thespud]

Short ram or Cold air? That could've been the problem with mine... I had an Injen SR on the FE...

[Mayur]

Injen doesnt make a CAI for the 8th gen, just an SRI. One person switched back to stock airbox and the spuddering never happened again.

[freakinbox]

then I say try that see if it helps. If it doesn't then it may be something more.

[Kr0n1k]

I've got an SRI on my 93 FE. It never really wanted to die, but it did kind of sputter sometimes. Past tense because I have not had a problem since adding my cat-back exhaust. The only thing I could think of for a newer car is maybe a sensor isn't functioning properly? My buddy's S14 died repeatedly with the addition of an intake, until he went out and bought a new MAF. It was fine after that. Check to make sure you didn't losen any wires or anything like that. I can't think of anything else that would cause it.