1992 Ford Tempo car problems

LIVERMAN

MEMBER
1992 FORD TEMPO
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
92,000 MILES

The first thing in the day when I start my car it starts fine, and idles fine then I go some where stop and turn it off. Then I come back out to start it, and its fuel injected but I have to give it some gas for it to start and it idles rough for a few seconds. I have changed the sparkplugs and put lucas ruel injection cleaner in the gas tank with a fill up and dry gas too. Plus I had some one spray carb. Cleaner in the manifold too, but it did not help.

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RASMATAZ

MECHANIC
75,992 POSTS

Look for spark and then get back with me-

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Thursday, October 14th, 2010 AT 1:39 PM

FIXITMR

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When did this problem start? What does the temp gage read. What is the outside air temp. Sounds to me like when warm, the startup mixture is too rich, which is why giving it more air by stepping on gas pedal helps. Then the wet plugs misfire until the combustion heat cleans them off. Take plugs out and inspect for sooty dark black look. If so, putting new plugs in may temp solve problem. You can also get the old ones cleaned. I use a sand blaster. It seems to work best.
Make sure your MAP sensor hose is not loose/damaged. Map sensor should be on top left shock tower. Your temp sensor could also be out of range. It should be on top of thermostat housing where upper radiator hose meets engine head. This is just a guess untill more info is provided.