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surging idle problems

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  • Start date Start date Mar 26, 2004

1988stangla

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i got 88 mustang. 5.0 ..aod..it has a surging idle problem then sometimes when idling it wants to die anyone thoughts on what that could be..sensor..no lights on the dash is on..which i know might not mean something is wrong...sometimes it will idle out and run smooth..then it starts up again...off and on again...i hope someone else had this problem...and got it fixed..thanks...
 
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My 88 does this on warm starts only, and it stops after a few surges then doesnt surge anymore till I shut it off and start it back up. I can start it up warm and take off, shift through all the gears and drive it 5 miles, then when I put it in neutral it will surge a few times then idle fine. If I knew how to fix this I would, but its not a big deal to me. Give more details of when it does it. Have you cleaned the TB and IAB?
 

HISSIN50

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Jerry is right on. dont forget to clean up the 'salt and pepper' connectors - that can help a lot, especially if the look like the bottom of your shoe.
good luck.
 
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