Imma CJ guy and answer a lot in the CJ5 & 7 forums
My Wife has a Ford Escape, so I recently submitted a question for it, got several possible fixes----symptoms were the same as yours ('cept I described it as "Jerkyness" when it occurred)
Each thing I attacked made it better
Cleaning IAC sorta did nothing---made me feel better anyway
Replace Plugs and gap correctly--Don't go by what the previous owner claimed (plugs under the intake, very old, gap was a good.020" too much---helped a lot, maybe 70%
Replace / clean the MAF sensor(with throttle body cleaner only) 20% stopped
Cleaning the EGR, topped it off. We're good to go now!
Let me know if this helped
The Medic
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010 AT 12:07 AM