1993 Ford Taurus Vehicle stalls after running for few miles

ALOHA295

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1993 FORD TAURUS
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
128,000 MILES

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.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 AT 6:18 AM

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MASTERTECHTIM

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4,750 POSTS

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

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 AT 6:40 AM

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.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 AT 12:30 PM

MASTERTECHTIM