thx.
I may try the IAC myself before going to the trouble of taking it to a
dealer. aka scheduling the appt, alternate transportation for the day etc.


"Comboverfish" > wrote in message
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>
> grimB wrote:
> > I have a 2001 ford 4.0L SOHC in a sporttrak runs great all year except
> > when its about 40F outside idle acts like it wants to stall. I can baby
it
> > and get it running again after it stalls like this but it must be some
cold
> > air thing for it to act this way only in cold months. Any ideas are
welcome.
>
> You most likely are experiencing leakage past your upper plenum orings,
> and to a lesser extent, lower intake manifold oring gaskets. Your
> problem may still be in the early stages of failurre where no trouble
> codes have set, but you still get an occasional cold stall or idle
> fluctuation.
>
> Cleaning or replacing the IAC is cheap enough to do -- they do fail
> quite often -- but you need to get ahold of a Ford dealer and see if
> your VIN and mileage allow you to qualify for the intake gasket
> replacement recall. I don't know what the recall's mileage cap is, but
> a 2001 4.0 V6 should qualify for the repair.
>
> Toyota MDT in MO
>