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I have an 01 escape with the 3.0 v-6 and recently it has started to occasionally give me trouble on startup. What happens is that I turn the key and the engine either wont start or it fires and stall quickly, If I depress the gas pedal a bit and hold it at about 1100 rpm for about 15 seconds, the car stays running just fine. I have checked the air filter and ran injector cleaner through it. any ideas? i am stumped. Thanks in advance for your help
Cool, thanks WPTSKI,
I know where the IAC is on my 91 mustang, is it in same location on my escape? Also, should I clean it in the same manner as well? Thanks again for your help
Cool, thanks WPTSKI,
I know where the IAC is on my 91 mustang, is it in same location on my escape? Also, should I clean it in the same manner as well? Thanks again for your help
Near the throttle body somewhere. Use carb cleaner.
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CRC makes some throttle body cleaner spray that will be safe to use even on a plastic throttle body, it is less harsh than carb cleaner (which is not good for plastics)
I finally got around to taking off the IAC and cleaning it. It was surprisingly dirty. I went to the store to buy a less harsh cleaner, but the people in the store assured me the carb cleaner was fine. I was only experiencing a slight hesitation on the first start of the day before, and now that hesitation is gone. Thanks all!
Update: Still working great! Before, the hesitation was every morning as sure as the sun rising, and now it hasn't happened since I cleaned out the IAC. Oddly, I've found that my transmission is smoother too. My only guess is that sometimes when I would be coasting with my foot off the gas, the RPMs would momentarily drop too low to keep the transmission happy and I would feel a 'clunk'.
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01 Escape hard start 
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