idling Badley
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Asked by breakman22 Jan 27, 2016 at 08:59 AM about the 1999 Ford Taurus SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car was not starting the other day and there has been symptoms of the alternator going bad so I did buy a new one and it did make my car start running again! with only one small problem its idling at 500-600 Rpm when it used to run at about 900-1000Rpm. when I go to put it in to drive it almost dies dropping rpm to about 200-300 rpm and sometimes it just dies! what could be the problem?

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breakman22 answered 8 years ago

no check engine light although the battery was disconnected for some time because of changing the alternator so it may have just reset

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Amber answered 8 years ago

yeah, when my iacv went out it would do the same as you described, then id just unplug the battery and it would reset and be fine

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breakman22 answered 8 years ago

no its not okay. I think my erg is going bad because if I unplug it will go up to about 1000rpms

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