Runs fine on highway however when i stop at a stop sign or red light it sputters and spits and dies
Check air cleaner. put some Lucas injector cleaner in the gas tank or a product called mystery oil. Also at night with all the lights off open the hood and watch to see if their is any sparking between spark plug wires.
SOURCE: TRUCK WILL NOT IDLE, DIES WHEN I COME TO A STOP
Those Fords Have Problems With The IAC(Idle Air Control Valve) On Top Of Intake By Throttle Body. It Might Even Be Making Some Weird Noises? If Not Check Timing, And Fuel Preasure.....Check For Vacumme Leaks. Good Luck
SOURCE: 99 escort sputters and stalls, engine bogs down in idle
The CAMshaft position sensor is faulty.
SOURCE: My 2003 Ford Focus ZX5 check engine light came on.
Have you hooked this up to an OBD11 reader yet ?
May be a bad crank, cam or knock sensor. Cars today are loaded with sensors.
If you don't read the codes you will be chasing the rabbit down the hole. ;-)
Hope this helps
Sam
SOURCE: when i turn on the A/C my f150 will not idle. At
Here is the common cause of surges, stalls at stops, slow idle speed, erratic idle speed, rough idle and engine hesitation (and other problems), it is in most cases the idle speed control air-bypass valve and or throttle valve and upper intake, these area's get full of gunk and combustion residue over the miles and cause idle issues (stalls, low idle) like yours, Get a can of intake cleaner from any local parts store, not carb spray, intake cleaner, it is made by a company called CRC, remove the air intake hose to the engine, hold the idle high so the engine won't stall, then spray the can of cleaner into the intake while keeping the engine running, use at least 1/2 the can, shut down the engine and disconnect the battery for 5 minutes, then restart and complete a number of mixed driving cycles, town, freeway, stop and go etc., after a few days the problem will go away as the system will relearn to the clean intake
SOURCE: 1995 ford probe gt 2.5l V6, was running at 45 mph,
OK, and now it looks like coachjoehutc is thinking the same as me. When I look up your car, it takes me to the Mazda Millenia engine--does that sound right? It only shows 2 cam sprockets, but maybe there's a gear in the head to turn the other cam? Anyway, I'm pasting a picture of the marks. There's a little tang coming off the head that marks the timing. Now unfortunately it appears the timing covers are the one-piece type that stretch all the way down (I was hoping there would be a section on the top you could remove to see the gears). I hate for you to have to take the whole front off and find out I'm wrong, so maybe you can just remove the upper cover screws and, if the cover is plastic, it may let you bend it out far enough to see those marks on the gears (????). If so, then rotate the engine to TDC for #1 (there is an ignition timing tab to use for that around the one o'clock position). Look for the marks on the gears--if I'm right, they will only be off the tangs by a tooth (any more and the engine wouldn't run). If you don't see the dots on the gears, you're on the exhaust stroke and need to turn the engine another 360. Is this all making sense? Let me know if you have questions.
If you want to see the instructions to take off the whole covers, I can send them, or maybe you can access them at http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?pageId=0900c152802610a5
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