97 Mercury Tracer four cylinder. runs great until I stop at a stop sign or light, then it acts like it wants to shut out I have to keep my foot on the accelerator lightly and it idles rough when I'm still sitting still

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97 Mercury Tracer four cylinder. runs great until I stop at a stop sign or light, then it acts like it wants to shut out I have to keep my foot on the accelerator lightly and it idles rough when I'm still sitting still

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Take it to an auto zone and have them read the code it sounds to me that you have a bad injector or two

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97 Mercury Tracer four cylinder. runs great until I stop at a stop sign or light, then it acts like it wants to shut out I have to keep my foot on the accelerator lightly and it idles rough when I'm still sitting still

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