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Here's the deal - my car starts stalling just above half a tank when I roll to a sudden or quick stop. By the time I'm down to half a tank, every single time I come to even a slow rolling stop, it dies. And go figure - starts right back up every time. Still, I can't go more than half a tank without filling back up. Annoying, to say the least.

Is this a charcoal canister issue or is it something electrical? Anyone heard of this problem?

 
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get the fuel pressure looked at. what is the model year of your car?

 
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it's a '90. and sorry about the multiple post. i'm new to this. i don't know how to delete this one...

 
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when was the last time you replaced the fuel filter?

 
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i'm not sure how the pump and pickup are situated in the tank of a 90 but could it be that your fuel pickup has come off of is leaking below the 1/2 tank level? so much so that when coming to a stop it pulls air instead of fuel? and on it being the fuel filter, if the filter is clogged, i would think it wouldn't run or would run crappy all of the time, not just when he comes to a quick stop and sloshes fuel around....

 
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^ive seen situations, mostly on american cars where a clogged fuel filter makes the car run like **** under load and makes it stall when coming to a stop, but idle fine otherwise. I just like to ask that question first, youd be surprised how many people respond with "a fuel what..?"

 
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lol don't worry, the fuel filter and fuel pump were the first things we replaced on this thing. then came the distributor and main relay. this car has been a battle, to say the least.

tuningmycivic - you have a very good point. i'll look into that, thank you.