Vapor locks runs fine at start up, after about an 1/2 hour of driving still no trouble. when van stops at traffic or at idle start to act sluggish,backfires sometimes dies, wont restart, wait about an hour starts back up and acts fine,its about 93 degrees outside

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fuel pump relay switch which will cause fuel pump to also become week had same problem for three yrs. My husband, every mecanic in country thought i was crazy, cuz never did it and i mean never when I took it to shop, was so flustrating, untill finally one day my husband was with me when it done it. I said finally damn car tryed make me think I was crazy, i said believe me now, said yeah, **** He drove it all time to but never in those three yrs did it ever do it to him, me on the other hand everytime i drove it just about, so i think he thought i was crazy or just wanted a different car and im like no just want mine fixed so i didnt have to take it for a walk everyday instead i would like to driving it cuz everytime i left the house in those three yrs i was usually walking back, or hitching a ride, my car walked me very often lol, That was 5 yrs ago have never had a problem with the car since, still driving it today.

mike loshbough

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• Posted on Jan 26, 2009

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the idle air control is bad or you have a vacuum leak.

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This exact same thing happened to me....it ended up being the Mass Airflow Sensor. Replaced that and it has not happened since.

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HI, NOT ENOUGH INFO. BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEM FROM WHAT YOU ARE EXPLAINING IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR FUEL CUT-OFF SWITCH IS TRIPPED LOOK UNDER THE PASSANGER SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE PANEL THEIR IS A SWITCH THEIR WITH A RED BUTTON CHECK AND SEE IF IT IS IN THE UP POSITION IF IT IS PRESS DOWN TO TURN IT OFF IF IT IS ALREADY DOWN THEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ELSE WHERE THIS DEVICE IS THEIR IN THE EVENT OF A WRECK OR ROLL OVER SO THAT FUEL IS CUT OFF TO THE ENGINE TO REDUCE THE RISK OFF FIRE, SOMETIMES THIS WILL GO OFF OVER A HARD BUMP OR IF ITS GOING BAD YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT TO CAUSE THIS CONDITION AFTER CHECKING THE BUTTON THEN TRY AND START THE VAN..

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Easy Fix! I know exactly what ur talking about, had the same problem for ******* ever, and its not the fuel pump, trust me!!! and it will cost you absolutely nothing to fix! I don't know what the hell they're called exactly, but on the right side of your engine there's a black box, next to where you put the coolant in, with fuses in it. They look like one inch cubes and will say Ford right on top. One of them is for the fuel pump. Try switching it with one of the others, or just switching all of them around and ur car will fire up, but the one that's not working will cause something else not to work properly, but at least u'll now what the problem is. Than just do what I did: take one with you and go to a junk yard and pull out a bunch, they're the same on many ford vehicles, even the newer ones, like 2000, not just the explorer. Make sure its the same one, pull out a bunch, put em in ur pocket and leave without paying, nobody will notice anyways, but they're tricky to find at a parts store, surprisingly. When ur car is running beatiful again, come back to this post and tell me if I was right! God knows how many ours I spent in that car stranded, waiting for it to fire up. Sometimes it'd be 5 minutes, sometimes an hour, sometimes hours, even days. Never knew when it would or wouldn't. Thought is was the starter too! If it works, tell me!!!

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