91 ford tempo problem

i have a problem similar to beigecar. my tempo has about 50 thousand miles on, its an automatic transmission. this is my first car :smile: while i am braked at an intersection, the car stalls. what i do to stop is to get into neutral or park and push the gas lightly to prevent stalling. i checked all the fluids, i looked for a vacuum leak, and everything seem ok.. but the problem persists. another thing is that when i accelerate the car it barely budges and makes these heaving noises under the hood, after the speedometer reaches 30 does it actually seem to work at the speed, but my foot has to be completely pushing the gas pedal all the way to the ground to get there. this is just to start. the power windows wont budge on the driver's side and behind on the right. i live in an area where having a car is a necessity, not a choice, so i am trying to look up some literature for car repair novices on the net, but all that i find are guides that are trying to sell stuff. help is welcome.

Unless we look at the car, it is hard to diagnose the problem. However, all we can do is suggest certain remedies that might help. In your case, I'd check the tranny fluid level. Make sure it is full. The lack of power could also be due to a plugged catalytic convertor. How's the tune up?. The coil tower on these vehicles are notorious for corrosion. Check it out.

The first thing to do is read any codes the computer has stored. That will get you started off in the right direction.

Come visit us at www.tempotopaz.com and check out "EEC-IV Codes". Go to the bottom of that page, and there's a real good explanation of how to do this with nothing more than a jumper wire. Or paper clip. Or what ever you have on hand.

The Tech Center is constantly being upgraded, too. :bigthumb:

Dan is right,check codes, but from experence on my 91 it was the throttle position sensor that needed to be changed.

the old ford fwd's have a thing with there rotars seizing up and not letting the engine turn correctly... so the computer will correct for it by throttling down and well it doesnt help so it basically stalls the engine... check them before u go and buy a new car... my 87 tempo still works like a charm

maybe a weak fuel pump?

The autos of the 91 year did seem to have a problem with stoplight stalls.....get a 5 speed, man....much better.