1993 Ford Explorer Stalling and bad idling

149,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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KWMOORE
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I recently lost my gas cap and drove around for id say about a month without one. The car was driving fine until a day ago, when it just started to stall out. It would crank and start but then it would idle low, and whenever i touched the gas pedal it would stall out. When i got it to work for about 2 minutes just to park it, it would only go about 5 MPH even if I had the pedal floored. I went and bought a gas cap and gas anti freeze because we recently had a snow and without a gas cap I thought maybe water had gotten into the engine. I started the car and it ran fine for about 10 minutes. Then the problem started again. I can not figure out what the problem is. I have a new oxygen censor and MAF sensor.
Feb 17, 2010 at 6:35 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Has the check engine light come on? Also, check to make sure the catylatic converter isn't plugged.

Let me know.
Joe
Feb 19, 2010 at 5:43 AM
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