My Ford Explorer will not start

Tiny
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Ford explorer 1999. 99,887.V6?

My car will sound like it is going to start and then cut off. If I turn the key and keep my foot on the gas it will run until I let up off the gas. Can you tell me what type of problem this could be?
Thursday, February 15th, 2007 AT 5:13 PM

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Tiny
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Could be a vacuum leak. Has the engine backfired lately? Sometimes they will blow vacuum lines off the intake when that happens. When I say backfire I mean chugs like when it isnt cranked long enough to really start and kinda burps. Look around under the hood for a clean fitting on the intake, that would be where the line was
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Friday, February 16th, 2007 AT 7:52 AM
Tiny
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I haven't heard any backfiring. Could it be the IAC valve?
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Friday, February 16th, 2007 AT 9:05 AM
Tiny
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If there arent any vacuum leaks, yes it could
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Friday, February 16th, 2007 AT 10:23 AM

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