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- From: braverman@mtechca.maintech.com
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- Subject: Taurus stalls in Park
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.095119.370@mtechca.maintech.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 09:51:19 PST
- Organization: MAINTECH, A division of Volt Delta Resources,Inc. Orange, CA.
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- I have an '88 Ford Taurus, 3.0L V6. About a month ago, the battery died.
- After replacing the battery, my wife complained that the car started stalling
- when she shifts back into Park (auto trans.). She claims she had a similar
- problem a while back after she had some repairs done that required the battery
- to be disconnected, so she took it back to the machanic who "jiggled on
- some wires". After that, everything was fine. Well, that fix sounded pretty
- dubious to me -- I figured it might have been something related to the
- computer having to "re-learn" the engine, so I tried disconnecting the
- battery and letting the car idle for a few minutes. That didn't seem to
- change anything. The engine always starts fine, and seems to run ok during
- normal driving. Sometimes, it may stall if it's shifted into Reverse or
- Drive when cold. The most persistent symptom is that, after driving for
- several miles or more, putting the transmission into Park causes the engine
- to stall.
-
- Any ideas?
-
- thanks,
- jb--
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