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Have you checked to see if your warranty will cover it? I'm not familiar with Acura warranty's but if like Subaru and you purchased an extebnded warranty it wouldn't cost you a dime to have the dealer fix it. I

would recommend to anyone who is looking to buy new and expects to hold onto the car for awhile to purchase extended warranty's. They are definitely worth it.

My two cents on the tech pay. Our labor rate is $99.00 ph and of the 10 techs we have here they earn from 50k on the low end to 130k plus on the top end. All depends on how hard of a worker they are. If you can consistently turn 50 hrs a week you are going to earn a dam fine living.

Those both certainly sound like possible causes. I'd like to know how that one turned out.

That goes for the rest of you. If you asked questions and then had your car repaired, I'd like to know how it went. You know, a little feedback. I'd like to know how my educated guesses over the internet turned out against a hands on diagnostic.

Ah a modern twist on the age ole bench diagnosis...the cyber diagnosis. lol

Springfield....from reading your posts I gotta say you must be a top notch service writer. Would love to have someone like you on our desk.

I'm assuming that you are talking about the fan in the car, the blower that blows head and AC on you. It kind of sounds like the fan may be locking up and drawing on the battery causing the engine to stumble because the battery power is not constant.

I doubt it has anything to do with your last oil change. I would recommed you take it into a shop because I don't really have an answer for you insofar as a common problem I see. I could be completely wrong about my thoughts, but if it's stalling, you should probably address that.

Pre 1996 (Pre OBD 2 or On Board Diagnostics 2) vehicles are very finicky with their check engine lights. They are not the most reliable when it comes to thinking you have a "real" problem with the car. Just a side note.

I'm a parts manager at a Subaru dealer. Sounds like the compresser may be kicking on and drawing the idle down. You may have an idle air control valve issue. Have someone check out the IAC valve.