# Ford Freestar 2005 Engine repeatedly floods/stalls whle in gear **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford, freestar\ **Created:** [May 25, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-freestar-2005-engine-repeatedly-floods-stalls-whle-in-gear/79515 "2013-05-25T09:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papasquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@papasquid](https://community.cartalk.com/u/papasquid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-freestar-2005-engine-repeatedly-floods-stalls-whle-in-gear/79515/1 "2013-05-25T09:55:50Z")
So this doesn’t begin until I put it into a forward gear, but after about 30 sec of smooth running, I will get a sudden momentary loss of power, then a surge, which repeats and intensifies as the van lurches forward until the engine finally stalls. Throwing it into N in the middle doesn’t help. Babying the gas had no effect. It happened both at higher(2.5-3K) revs and at lower (.8-1.5k). After killing the battery starting and restarting it just to keep it moving, I had it jumped, at which point I sat with it in P for 20 min to charge the battery and in all that time, it ran fine. I’d love to hear some possible diagnoses. Don’t know if I should have it towed from where it’s sitting, or try to drive it to the shop, or if it’s something I can repair myself (think 1-star difficulty). ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix0531](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phoenix0531](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Phoenix0531)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-freestar-2005-engine-repeatedly-floods-stalls-whle-in-gear/79515/2 "2016-11-07T01:39:55Z")
Did you resolve the problem?? My ford freestar is having same issue. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-freestar-2005-engine-repeatedly-floods-stalls-whle-in-gear/79515/3 "2016-11-07T01:44:33Z")
It’s such a vague symptom, hard to say. A shop would check for stored diagnostics codes and go from there checking for anything visually wrong in the engine compartment, stuff affecting intake manifold vacuum (in particular the brake booster) , verifying the routine engine maintenance items are all up to date, then checking fuel pressure and ignition system.