I'm buying a car from a friend since my old Ford Ranger pickup just died on me. It's an 84 Thunderbird. Looks nice, runs great - although, after it heats up - about 15-20 minutes of driving - whenever I come to a stop, if I'm not at least slightly pressing on the gas, the engine dies. It starts right back up, but it's very annoying.
He manually set it to idle a lot higher, and that prevented it from stopping as much, but obviously kills my fuel effeciency. What exactly could cause something like this?
If it helps, the engine light flickers and you can feel the engine sort of shuddering before it dies.
2007-01-01 20:02:36 · 3 answers · asked by captainsquanto 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Try a code reader. Available at your local parts store.
2007-01-01 21:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by DialM4Speed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be as simple as a clogged air or fuel filter all the way to a bad TPS. you will probably have to get the codes and find out what the ecm has to say. But from what your discribing I'd say check the idle air passages and the tps adjustment. it probably wouldn't hurt to clean out the throttle body either.
2007-01-02 06:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by huntnyou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You more than likely have a vacume leak...this will cause what you are discribing
2007-01-02 09:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by R W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋