1998 au Falcon stationwagon auto stalls at lights etc when hot

Tiny
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  • 1998 FORD FALCON
  • 239,000 MILES
Car stalls at lights etc when hot ok when cold but when system underload ie aircon on etc and vechicle is hot it stalls have put new battery in it and it went ok for a day or 2 checked charge at battery underload 13.25volts how senstive are these to voltage drops?And do you have any idea what it could be cheers
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 AT 2:50 AM

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Tiny
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Try cleaning the throttle plate with choke cleaner on both sides as well as the iac hole. They get gummy and cause stalling
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 AT 1:43 PM
Tiny
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Fairly common for the IAC to fail, get a scan done to confirm this.
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Monday, March 26th, 2012 AT 9:38 AM

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