I have a '90 Acclaim that has been stalling out (2.5 4 banger) and recently I changed the fuel filter and added fresh gas to it. Now it will sit and idle ok. The distributor was replaced two weeks ago.

As mentioned, it will sit and idle for quite a while but every now and then it will get an occassional miss in it. It sometimes likes to die when you put it in gear as well. It seems to have a bog in it if you nail the throttle.

All I can think of is that there maybe water in some of the leftover gas or trash. Any other suggestions that I can try?

Has the cam timing changed due to the belt slipping?

Did it run ok after the timing belt change? It may be off a tooth.

Yea it ran ok. It seems to do ok now except for it seems to stall at random?

Clean the throttle body and IAS motor may need cleaned or replaced. Try running it and spray threw the throttle body. By the way make sure the coil is goodI have seen them fail part way and cause a problem esp if it starts right back up

bump..it takes the cylinder shaped coil. Would any 12v coil be ok?

I got a good coil for it with no noticeable change. Must be an IAS sensor or something else relating to the throttle body??

If the fuel pump was bad, would it not run at all?

IAC is the bypass looking thing in the throttle body. Open throttle spray in there, take a toothbrush and scrub walls and edge of butterflyand then rinse out, spray loads in the bypass hole (IAC). start it up, might take a few cranks as it is "flooded" as it idles spray in the IAC hole until it almost dies, do this as often as you can with your can of Gumout or whatever. Seafoam is an entire system cleaner, 1/2 sucked into the intake, and the other half in the tank. When you suck it into the intake through the power brake hose or whatever vacuum hose you can find, let it sit for an hour or better yet overnight. When you restart it, it'll billow white smoke like a sky writer until it burns off.

If you don't have any luck with the previous recomendations might possibly be an injector. If the car sat for awhile it may have affected the injector. I've replaced a few with similar symptoms and solved the problem.

It could also be the pickup coil in the distributor going out. My 87 Daytona went through a couple of those when I owned it.

What is the best way to remove the AIS? The one torx screw came out with no hassle. The screw closest to the driver side is a pain. I am guessing to remove the throttle body and use a torx screw driver. A bit on a 3/8 ratchet seems to thick...

Ok..I changed the air idle control valve and the fuel pressure regulator. It is still doing the same thing. Please help!!

I did notice that there is a bit to much oil in it(not terribly full but more than needed). Can this cause a problem??
EDIT:Not as full as I thought??

bump

bad computor

Have you read the codes on the dash using the 3 turns of the key method?

Visually check the p/u coil, some have been known to break loose and wobble around inside the dist. I had a 94 with 2.5, would miss @ idle, wound up being the p/u coil was loose.

I had to replace the PU coil on my 91 Daytona twice when I owned it. It's only a 5 minute job at most. I also had a computer go out on me. The 2.5 I think had a problem with a wire around the timing cover grounding out causing a sudden stall. I think that was what took out my computer. I traded the car before hearing about that wire. Look at all the wires in the harness where it attaches to the time cover.

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/fault/index.html

Check for codes yet?

My guess is if it's randomly wanting to stall and has a flat spot when you nail it, you may have a weak fuel pump or an obstruction in the fuel line.