# 1989 Ford Festiva won’t idle **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** festiva, ford\ **Created:** [July 13, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-ford-festiva-won-t-idle/120939 "2018-07-13T08:59:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisZimmerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ChrisZimmerman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisZimmerman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-ford-festiva-won-t-idle/120939/1 "2018-07-13T08:59:20Z")
My 89 Ford festival will not stay idling. It runs good if I run it at about 3 rim I’m guessing. Is there a possible vacuum leak? It try to idle on start up ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-ford-festiva-won-t-idle/120939/2 "2018-07-13T13:02:11Z")
OK, we know the car is a Festiva that won’t idle. That’s all you told us that I can understand, as I don’t know what 3 rim is. Is that 3000 rpm? From that we all will be guessing as to the problem just like you. sure, a vacuum leak can cause that… But so can a hundred other things. If you’d like a bit more help, we need to know a lot more about this car. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisZimmerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ChrisZimmerman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisZimmerman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-ford-festiva-won-t-idle/120939/3 "2018-07-13T13:45:36Z")
Sorry I was tired when I wrote that. I meant to say that my 89 Ford festival starts but will not stay running for more than a few minutes. It’s getting gas. Was wondering what could be the problem