It wants to idle up when at a stop and it will die and will not start for a little while. then it will start. It will accelerate on its on.
Maybe a sticking idler air control valve?
SOURCE: car dies when it idles
i had that problem it was my idle air control valve located on the top of the enigine with a lil plugin
SOURCE: 2003 sports trac keeps dying
fuel system dirty or needs a fuel filter and probably a full tune-up
SOURCE: driving down the road mostly when not breaking or
You could have one of several problems. Could be an electric fuel pump going bad or it could be your distributor module. More than likely it is the distributor module.
SOURCE: ENGINE IDLE DROPS WAY DOWN AT STOP LIGHT,
You seem to have the dreaded IAC ( idle air control valve) problem that Ford is famous for. The first likely suspect is the IAC valve itself, but there can be other contributing factors. With the amount of space I could not do the subject justice, but there are many online Ford forums that address this problem. I think the Ford price for the IAC is around $100. The Autozone cheapie is around $50. I think the Ford unit is a better part, but you have to make your decision. Do some reading up on the subject before buying any parts though.
Good luck.
SOURCE: my car will start and idle fine sometime and sometime it dies and dies when put in gear
Engine stalls cold or RPM
fluctuates at idle up and down or dies near idle. This problem
is commonly caused by a dirty automatic idle speed control valve and
throttle valve but always run a OBD2 fault code as well as the
cleaning procedure. Buy a can of throttle valve cleaner (do not use
carburetor spray cleaner!) from NAPA or Carquest (made by CRC
chemicals) and spray it into the air intake while the engine is
running, use up about 1/2 the can, engine will try to stall hold the
speed up, shut it down and let it soak for 30 minutes, restart and
blow out the remaining fluid, shut it down and disconnect the
negative battery cable for 5 Min's to reset the base idle control. If
the above cleaning doesn't cure your issues you need to have the
computer controlled automatic idle speed control system diagnosed and
repaired by a dealer or electronic engine control repair shop.
Engine stall or RPM fluctuates
at idle.
This problem is commonly caused by a dirty automatic idle speed control valve and throttle valve. Buy a can of throttle valve cleaner (do not use carburetor spray cleaner!) from NAPA or Carquest (made by CRC chemicals) and spray it into the air intake while the engine is running, use up about 1/2 the can, engine will try to stall hold the speed up, shut it down and let it soak for 30 minutes, restart and blow out the remaining fluid, shut it down and disconnect the negative battery cable for 5 Min's to reset the base idle control
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