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2001 Mercury Sable

Tiny
BILLEY
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  • 2001 MERCURY SABLE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 170,000 MILES
After car warms up it will restart but rpms immediately dive and it cuts off. I tried pouring water on the top of the engine and it restarts perfectly. Flushed antifreeze and it helped a tiny bit
Friday, March 13th, 2009 AT 9:34 PM

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Tiny
JAMES W.
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Flushing the cooling system should have nothing to do with what you describe. And, where did you pour the water in? Do you have, or have you had, a check engine light? If yes, you'll need to have the ECM scanned and give us the code #'s and the definitions. My first thought is the idle speed control (ISC) unit is malfunctioning. Please advise.
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 AT 1:13 AM
Tiny
BILLEY
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Cleaned IAC valve and it works OK. I had been told to do that about two years ago when it had different problems.I will donate more. Thanks
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 AT 10:33 AM
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BILLEY
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The car started fine but then has acceleration problems. Cleaning IAC helped. I poured the water around the plastic intake on the manifold and after 10 seconds it starts and runs right.
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 AT 11:00 AM
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JAMES W.
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Billy, are you sure you don't have a vacuum leak somewhere around the intake area. You may want to check this out.
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 AT 1:11 PM

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