Unstable Idle soon after starting and with a cut off sometimes

2001 FORD ESCAPE
120,000 MILES • 3.0L • 6 CYL • TURBO • AWD • AUTOMATIC
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HAROLD TELEBWE
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Engine not stable soon after starting but after temperature rises about five minutes then engine idle steadily.
It behaves the same after parking for sometime as long as temperature is at zero
We have scanned and cleared all errors but can not figure out why this behavior

Please advise
Harold
Mar 16, 2015 at 4:10 PM
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WRENCHTECH
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Cleared all errors?

That doesn't fix anything. Malfunction codes are there to help you diagnose the issue. Erasing them just erases all the diagnostic info.

What were the exact code numbers?
Mar 16, 2015 at 7:11 PM
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