Bullmobile starts and dies in the cold

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 02/15/2016 at 11:33 • Filed to: bullmobile

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It has been below zero lately which is cold but it’s winter in Maine so it is not a big deal to me. It has been a big deal to Bullmobile.

The last couple days I’ve had to start my car 3 times to get it running. It fires right up when I turn the key but then sputters out and dies. If I start it and keep the revs up it’ll stay running, but then die when I stop.

Any ideas why this happens?

kanadanmajava1 > CalzoneGolem 02/15/2016 at 11:51

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Failing idle air control valve?

Takuro Spirit > CalzoneGolem 02/15/2016 at 11:51

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Check the idle air control motor. Pretty common on Fords. Cleaning the carbon out may help, but chances are you just need a new one.

CalzoneGolem > kanadanmajava1 02/15/2016 at 11:57

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I’ll look into that.

CalzoneGolem > Takuro Spirit 02/15/2016 at 11:57

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Well that at least looks easy to get to.

deekster_caddy > CalzoneGolem 02/15/2016 at 11:58

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Others have already memtioned the IAC. After that, I wonder if the temp sending unit is okay. Can you plug in and see what the computer thinks the coolant temp is?

CalzoneGolem > deekster_caddy 02/15/2016 at 12:00

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I think I can check that. I’ll look later when I go out to my car.