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Car stalling on start up?

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  • Start date Start date Sep 28, 2006

scupking

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This past week my car has stalled on start up twice. It would start but then have problems and stall. The second try she would start with out a problem. What could be wrong?
 

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The infamous Idle Air Valve would be my guess. They tend to wear out or clog up causing the problem you describe.
 
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+1 I just replaced my IAC and was having the same start/stall issues you have.
 

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Ok I will check out the IAC. Where is it exactly?
 

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On your plenum.


How-TO: http://www.moddedmustangs.com/cleaning-your-iac.html
 

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