Starts up and idling rough and dies

Asked by Boutin Sep 18, 2016 at 10:00 AM about the 1995 Lincoln Town Car Signature

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Sounds like it misfires like ten are twenty
seconds while it tries to idle and then the
car dies

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KenF answered 7 years ago

Give it a tune-up and check fuel pressure.

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GuruB7124 answered 5 years ago

My son has a 1990 lincoln town car 5.0 we took it 3 times to the shop they fixed the mufflers , spark plugs , cap and rotor it still not running right what can ut be it smells like gas its running rich and sends lits of gas towards the spark plugs it burns them

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GuruB7124 answered 5 years ago

What else can we do ..spending to much money and still cant find the problem

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Jaketattooer answered 4 years ago

Check the iac valve, clean and if not working after clean replace My 1990 5.0 did EXACTLY this. Replaced iac valve was good as new

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Orlando_Gizmo answered 3 years ago

hey guys, GuruB7124, did it help? I suffer the same problems and I'm aboutr to spend 40$ on new IAC valve, but I want to be sure that it will work

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