Idle then dies?

[FordExplorerGuy]

Okay, so today I start my X, drive it down the parking lot, back up into a stall, clean it and then go to start it to move it. Well when i turned the key, the it revs between about 600-1100rpms, then dies, it only did this twice but then it started find. It has actually been doing the idle thing from 600-1100 rpms for a while, so i hit the gas a little rev it to about 2000 or 2500 and then it usually stops. Any ideas on why this might be?

 

[flgatorz10]

Check the air filter, clean the MAF (instructions on the message boards, do a search), check the IAC, reset the computer...

 

[jimbo74]

Originally posted by flgatorz10
Check the air filter, clean the MAF (instructions on the message boards, do a search)

i would do this first..... and when its wet from washing, also make sure your coil pack isnt wet, and make sure the electrical is all dry as well.... when i had no hood for like a year, in the rain it would run like crap.... the same thing always happened when iwent mudding.... eventually, i cleaned my maf (had caked mud in between the filament posts) and it has run fine since then.... the maf hates water or mud contamination... it screws up it readings