Originally posted by Tisby:
Teh shop will likely tell you that there's no way to clean the IAC, you can only replace it. However, everyone on here knows better. Sometimes though the IAC is just too far gone and does have to be replaced. While you're hitting maintenance...

-Fuel Filter?
-Oil/Filter?
-Tranny Fluid?

The only one of those that will improve on the rough running will be the fuel filter (possibly). However, oil/filter and the tranny fluid (ATX or MTX) is never a bad idea to do.




Thanks for the input - new fuel filter is going in this afternoon.

This link:

http://www.contour.org/FAQ/FAQ.php?s=probs&displayid=7

nicely shows the IAC on the 6cyl but I cannot find it on the zetec. I can find the egr and dpfe sensor but no idea where the iac is.

'95 Contour GL 2.0l automatic, 110k miles