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I have a 1988 5 speed Ford Ranger 2.3L engine. When I start the truck it acts as if it wants to stall. Also when I drive it and start to come to a stop it sometimes seems as if the accelerator is being pressed but i am not pressing it just the brake. I have a new cat and a new air temp sensor on it. What can be causing it to do this?
2 things spring to mind; You have a vacuum leak ro your Idle Air Control (IAC) valve is sticking. 1988 is EEC4, so you can pull codes without using a scanner, even though an EEC4 scanner is pretty cheap. The IAC valve will set a code and so will a vacuum leak. Neither one of these will cause the check engine light to come on until they get very bad.
Instructions for pulling codes without using a scanner can be found at http://www.troublecodes.net/Ford/
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