July 26th, 2010 
David 
elaine t asked:
when i take my foot off the accelerator and press the clutch it stalls. it is a car built in 1985 and it has a manual choke.
when i take my foot off the accelerator and press the clutch it stalls. it is a car built in 1985 and it has a manual choke.
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need a new clutch
u just don’t know how to drive stick. my advice to u…. WALK!
have it checked by a mechanic
could be that the clutch plates aren’t separating enough. i could have some one look at the condition of your clutch
May need advancing check it out at the garage B 4 an accident happens behind
might need a tune up manual chokes cause poor sparking call out your breakdown provider and they will advise i.e. the RAC
sould never rele be only on the clutch … but if it stalls when your changing gears i would have it looked over by a mechanic …. don’t forget it is an old car …. but relible all the same
Sounds like a fuel problem. Check your fuel filter. Or it may be a blocked pilot jet in the carb.
if its a manual choke why have you got your foot on the accelerator?
does the car run normally when idle? (does it tick over in neutral without using the accelerator)
does the car judder before stalling?
if not it is not likey to be your clutch
because its a polo
ha ha ha i have to laugh at some of the answers here ha ha ha its the clutch ha ha ha .
right every car in the whole world has a thing called an idle speed sensor which keeps yopur car at idle when you are not driveing /driveing and happen to press down clutch. due to the sensor not working it cuts out.
i hear you ask why does it work fine when i first start the car up well thats because when your car is cold it doesnt use the idle sensor your car goes onto choke either by its self or by manual choke as soon as the car heats up the choke turns off or you do it manually then car runs on idle sensor.
sensor must be replaced or if your not sure or aint got the money for garage while you save up for part if your not affraid of using a little more fuel once car has warmed up dont turn off choke or keep choke out a little bit enough to keep car running then problem solved untill you replace sensor
Probably worn thrust washers on the engine crankshaft. When you press the clutch it moves the crankshaft along and stiffens the pistons in the bores. Probably quite expensive to fix, but you might be able to raise the idle speed a bit to stop the engine stalling. Remember it’s a 22 year old car!
Some of these answers are crazy!
Right, old cars with manual chokes are prone to this, my old mini did it all the time, it’s usually caused by the carb not being tuned properly, it can also be caused by a number of other things such as faulty or incorrectly gapped sparks plugs. If you take it to have the engine tuned they will find out what the problem is, most tuning companies will come to your address. I’m not a mechanic and could be wrong, but it sounds like your gona have to get someone to look at it anyway.