2005 mercury montego rough idle on cold start

2005 MERCURY MONTEGO
65,000 MILES
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PYTHON844
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the engine runs rough cold and sometimes stalls. after a minute runs fine
Jan 9, 2012 at 12:52 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Clean the idle air control valve and see what happens
Jan 9, 2012 at 1:20 PM
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