Car shuts off if I am stopped at red light or stopped in traffic

2005 MERCURY SABLE
150,000 MILES • 0.6L • 6 CYL • AUTOMATIC
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LOU THARPE
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I took car to AutoZone and hooked it up to machine. Said PCV valve . Got one but all the people work on car says car does not need valve. Couldn't locate it. Last mechanic said it needs a sensor not PCV valve. AutoZone said i got the right part for make and model car.
Jul 11, 2019 at 8:33 AM
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Can you let us know what the code was that you got? P0171,P0174?
Jul 11, 2019 at 8:45 AM
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LOU THARPE
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P0174, P2197, and 2198. 02 sensor signal stuck lean bank 2 sensor 1.
Jul 11, 2019 at 10:06 AM
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If it were pcv related it would be affecting both banks. Bank 2,or the front/left side is having issues. The easiest way for me is that I would pull up the o2s11,o2s21 upstream sensor voltage data then spray some brake clean into the intake and look for the voltage to spike up to 1 volt. If that left side still shows 0 volts,then there will be either a sensor,circuit,or raraely a pcm issue. But if you do not have access to a good scanner that can view the parameters, spray the top of the engine when it's cold and listen for a slurp sound where the intake bolts to the heads, this is another prime suspect even though you only show codes for 1 bank,it is entirely possible to still have a huge vacuum leak. Always look and listen for the obvious things. Some of these engines also had a variable intake runner system that bolted to the rear of the intake between the firewall and the intake that has a huge round o-ring that would fail and cause massive leaks so be sure to wet the back side of the intake as well.
Jul 12, 2019 at 10:50 AM