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justinw
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Dec 4, 2011, 6:24 AM
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I own a 1992 Ford Thunderbird with a 3.8L V6 that has A LOT of miles on it. I have owned the car for about the last year and I have never had any issues with it at all. Lately I have been having issues with it stalling on me as I go to accelerate after coming to a complete stop. Another thing is that the car will drive just fine when I crank it and start driving but the first time I come to a stop and attempt to go it stalls out. In order to restart the car I have to floor the gas pedal. I have found I can keep it from stalling and dying on me if I let it idle and gain enough speed and slowly step on the accelerator. I assume something is either bad, needs to be cleaned, or its a mixture of both of those.
Some things I know need to be fixed or changed on it:
* Air Filter defiantly is over due for a change, but this shouldn't be causing an issue with stalling right?
* I noticed about a week before this started as I was traveling on the interstate one of my oil lines began to leak. This does not seem to happen when driving in normal conditions or when the vehicle sits in one position. I plan on getting this fixed but for now my oil levels are normal and the leak does not appear to be happening.
* I thought it may have been the cold weather but even after letting the care warm up it does this.
If you need anymore information or you'd like me to check something out please let me know. I will be getting under the hood and checking several things out in the next few days and will return to update the thread with any information I can locate.
Any help anyone can give would be more than appreciated!
(This post was edited by justinw on Dec 4, 2011, 6:27 AM)
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Discretesignals
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Dec 4, 2011, 8:44 AM
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You should start with the basics like changing the air filter. If the check engine light is on, you should get an EEC IV code reader and retrieve any KAM codes stored. Another thing you can try is to clean the MAF sensor elements with electrical contact cleaner or MAF cleaner. Don't use any other chemicals other than those two. Do that first and see if that resolves your problem.
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