Idle speed on my 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis is going up and down - what' s wrong ?

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Asked by froeschl Dec 18, 2016 at 05:26 AM about the 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When my Mercury is running for a while at idle speed, engine speed suddenly starts going up and down. Sometimes the engine even turns off after a few seconds. I checked all vacuum hoses - they seem to be OK. Can it be any sensor or valve causing this problem ? While driving everything is OK. This only occurs when enging is idling and the selector lever is set to "P".

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Sounds as if the air idle control is defective or needs to be cleaned..

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http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/1987/merc ury/grand_marquis/fuel_injection/idle_control_v alve.html

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clean the throttle plate of carbon, relearn idle by putting front of car against wall or pole warmed up, disconnect neg batt cable for 20 min, reconnect cable, start up & run at idle for 2 min in park w/ accessories off, then put in drive for 2 min brake off, that should do it.

My 86 did that. How does the car relearn idle. When you put the front against a wall does it need to be in drive lol? I need help with mine I think my throttle position sensor is bad it started accelerating on it’s own and when in park sounded like it was floored. I revved it and let off fast and it idled down for legit a second then it when right back up. I drove it home the way I hate to say luckily getting all green lights almost. Half way back it started acting normal off and on. It idled normal a couple time when I did I have to stop but right before light turned green it idled way back up again then the engine would miss out real bad then it’d act “normal”temporarily

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