1993 Ford Taurus Vehicle stalls after running for few miles

1993 FORD TAURUS
128,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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ALOHA295
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After few miles of driving vehicle may stall as it I move forward or bacwards, temprature gauge seems to run towards hot when idling after some time, checked for temprature it is no more than 205 max 210 degrees whitch i believe is normal operating temprature, coolant seems to move freely in radiator and thru egine, could you please help.
Aug 5, 2008 at 6:18 AM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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well ithout driving the car the first thing that comes to mind is a faulty idle air control valve. this valve is controlled by the computer to maintain a idle under all conditions and they fail all the time, they are inexpensive so i would start there
Aug 6, 2008 at 6:40 AM
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ALOHA295
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I have suspected that and now I will try just that and thank you for the advise, I will keep you posted if it resolves the problem, just one more think that is worth metioning, would a ground wire make this problem I have discribed, because I replaced the radiator few moths ago and just looking under the car I found a loose ground wire that I may have missed when I installed new radiator, also I noticed that the fan is not coming on unless a/c is on.

thank again for your service.
Aug 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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yes this ground is very very important
Aug 6, 2008 at 1:25 PM