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Probably idle control sosonoid located on the throtle body. Take it off and clean it and where it mounts. Also cleqan the inside of the throtle body where the throtle plate is as a carrbon ring forms there.

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Q: What would cause a 1998 Taurus to stall intermittently when stopped?
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