Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 Feels like it wants to cut out.

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Mon 11 Jan 2010 09:44
01 1.6 Feels like it wants to cut out. - adam f
Good morning,

Background:
Car has been sitting on a driveway and not being used very much over the last 5 months. (has been started every other day and left running for 30 mins or so.) I servicedit on Saturday (plugs,oil and filters (not fuel)

I have now started driving the car and when i pull up to a junction/lights etc the car feels like it wants to stall and has started to self rev very slightly - however it never stalls.

Any ideas?
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Mon 11 Jan 2010 15:51
01 1.6 Feels like it wants to cut out. - Roly93
If it was okay before it was put into a period of disuse, it could just be something like the warmup regulator sticking. However no fresh petrol for 5 months isn't a great situation either. If it was me, I wouldn't start tinkering with anything until I'd had a tank of fresh fuel, and a decent road trip with some high speed/high revs work included.
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