It may be out of oil, check your engine over for any damage and has it been in for a service lately.
cold start switch on the side of or on top of the throttle body.
Some of the reasons your Escort would stall after 40 seconds at idle are: 1. Vacuum leak. 2. Plugged fuel filter. 3. Leaking EGR. 4. Plugged PCV valve 5. Air filter clogged. 6. Fuel pump below capacity. 7. Leaking head gasket. 8. Camshaft lobes worn 9. Idle Air Control (IAC) valve.
Check tha idle speed control solonoid.
first thing i would check, is that the choke is turning off completely
Maybe a throttle positioning sensor? Is it hard to start? Does it start then stall?
My 94 escort was doing the same thing. I replaced the throttle valve assembly and that seems to have done the trick. Hopefully that helps you out.
probably so you do not go too fast and flip over. that would be a good thing to look up in the manual.
AC runs on the battery. If the car is off and you run the AC, then start the car, it will stall.
After changing the throttle control sensor and air flow control valve and cleaning the spark plugs the car does not stall, but sounds very bad like it is about to. Also i can rev the card, but as soon as i try and pull away, the revs die and the gas pedal does nothing? Please help
Start and stall out, possibly. Not start at all, not likely.
Contaminated fuel.Fuel pump failure.
The vehicle would stall when put in gear would be the fuel pump. The fuel pump is very weak which would explain why in neutral the vehicle starts if it gear it would have to have more gas.