I'm Going To Take A Hammer To It!

[hatton]

This is a great site, spent hours reading all the posts. Now for my problem. I have changed the idle control, removes the throttle body and cleaned it, put new ht leads, and changed all spark plugs, and put a new air filter in. Now wait for it..... and the bloody car still stalls at junctions and roundabouts!!!!! I have a Ford Galaxy 2.3 1998,, please has anyone got any ideas as to what to do next.

Yours hopefully, Man with Hammer in hand!!!!

[cyborg]

change the crank sensor and relay 30 to be sure. Mind you, a hammer does fix most faults !

[acecard]

Long time ago, when I was a TV engineer, in the days of valves and so on, when things were repaired rather than just swapped, following a technical review of the fault and taking the necessary steps to rectify, if it still didnt work, then a good sharp blow with the palm of the hand often worked wonders, so the hammer might be a good idea - start with a softer rubber mallet.

Or maybe your car has morphed into one of those stop-start engines, ... without the start.

 

Good luck

Edited January 6, 2013 by acecard

[seatkid]

Problems with idle speed are usually either the idle control valve or an air leak. Check all vacuum pipes for splits etc,common one is the main brake servo feed (both ends). Even check the inlet manifold bolts are not loose, I remember one thread where they discovered the bolts and the manifold were loose. Edited January 6, 2013 by seatkid

[sparky Paul]

After all of the manifold leak suggestions above have been checked, the only other thing I can suggest is a weak ignition coil - reasonably common on these engines.