# Cold idle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-idle/54893>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** escape, ford\
**Created:** [September 9, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-idle/54893 "2010-09-09T22:36:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![djackson78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@djackson78](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djackson78)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-idle/54893/1 "2010-09-09T22:36:04Z")

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My wife has an 01 ford escape. It doesn’t want to idle in the mornings. As it warms up the idle improves until it reaches temp. after that its okay. it was worked on once and was okay for awhile. I think a coil and 4 sparkplugs were changed. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-idle/54893/2 "2010-09-09T22:46:35Z")

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Test the coolant temperature sender. It may be faulty.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-idle/54893/3 "2010-09-09T23:18:03Z")

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It could also be a dirty IAC that cannot open far enough when cold. Maybe a thorough throttle body cleaning is in order.