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I just recently got my stique up and running and well it runs find other then the added knock from what i have no idea. But it keeps dying on me every time i get off the highway at an exit. It does just fine though town. But it dies when i get off the highway before i even coem to a stop. it does this no matter if i put it in neutral and brak to a stop or leave it in gear! What could be cuasing this?
97 Mystquie GS - I4 ATX died at 168K
94 Pontiac Crap AM SE - 2.3L I4 5spd
2002 Mazda Protege5 - 2.0L ATX
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IAC? Or perhaps a vacuum leak?
95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn)
95 Mystique Zetec, MTX
2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec
1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8
1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6
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nope no vac leak. I just got off the phoen with my mech and he said my throttle body was so black that he had to clean it a little to get it to open. So he thinks cleanign that and the maf will fix it. After all the car did set for 8 months with the throttle body off the car! 
97 Mystquie GS - I4 ATX died at 168K
94 Pontiac Crap AM SE - 2.3L I4 5spd
2002 Mazda Protege5 - 2.0L ATX
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I have no life
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Static timing set right? I imagine if it was one tooth (about ten degrees) it could still run but not very well.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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Have you checked you PCV and related hoses?? 
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Originally posted by StealthWyvern:
I just got off the phoen with my mech and he said my throttle body was so black that he had to clean it a little to get it to open.
Also, check on TPS and reset your comp (fuses 4 and 11 in your engine bay power distribution box).
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Ive cleaned out the throttle body with a tooth brush and some carb cleaner. Before i did that i unpluged the coil pack and removed spark plugs to prevent hydro locking the engine. Their was also a 7.5 amp blown fuse in my fuse panel by the stearing wheel. I replaced that... the car seems to idle a little better but I still have yet to test it on the highway and see if it still dies on me when exiting.
97 Mystquie GS - I4 ATX died at 168K
94 Pontiac Crap AM SE - 2.3L I4 5spd
2002 Mazda Protege5 - 2.0L ATX
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Zippy Zetec on his last legs.
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could it be an EGR valve?
Regards, Cole.
Relegating to troll status sometime this week.
New Whip: 1990 Lexus ES250.
Old Hotness: 1995 GL MTX Zetec *IN TRIAGE*
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nope just one really really dirty throttle body. I got to test it out on the way to work and it didnt die. Came close but I didnt really clean it to the best of my abilities either... The little bit I did clean seemed to help a ton! 
97 Mystquie GS - I4 ATX died at 168K
94 Pontiac Crap AM SE - 2.3L I4 5spd
2002 Mazda Protege5 - 2.0L ATX
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