>My wife's 1997 Ford Escort, 2.0L hesitates (almost wants to stall)
>when coming to a stop. Other than that the car is OK. About 80,000
>miles on it.
>Any ideas would be helpful.
>
>Thanks Hank
clean iac
hurc ast
Hank - 02 Apr 2005 11:54 GMT
Thanks... Hank
>>My wife's 1997 Ford Escort, 2.0L hesitates (almost wants to stall)
>>when coming to a stop. Other than that the car is OK. About 80,000
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>hurc ast
> My wife's 1997 Ford Escort, 2.0L hesitates (almost wants to stall)
> when coming to a stop. Other than that the car is OK. About 80,000
> miles on it.
> Any ideas would be helpful.
>
> Thanks Hank…
I used to have a 93 escort 1.9Fi. There was a vacuum leak that caused it
to want to stall when stopping. I seem to remember it was a hose at the
top end of the engine that had a small hole due chaffing against the
hood, I think it was the crankcase breather tube. It went out at 92K
miles, the replacement lasted until I sold it at 196K 7 years later.
I found the leak by running my hand over the various hoses until the
idle improved. Duct tape fixed it until I got to the dealer. New tube,
$27. Seem to remember the PCV valve was housed in one end of the tube.
Worth checking out.
JP

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Hank - 02 Apr 2005 18:47 GMT
will do...thanks
>> My wife's 1997 Ford Escort, 2.0L hesitates (almost wants to stall)
>> when coming to a stop. Other than that the car is OK. About 80,000
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>JP
check the spark plug wires if you are using the cheapest brand this car
will not go for it very long it will hesitate at a red light or if you are
idling the car I have one my self