water in the gas maybe? or low gas?
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> this pertains to a 1996 ford ESCORT LX sw, w/ at, ac, 230000 miles:
> recently during the last few months whenever i'm travelling at between
> 20 and 40 mph and i've had to brake very suddenly and very hard, the
> engine stalls as soon as the car comes to complete stop. never used to
> do that before. engine starts up w/o any difficulty afterwards. a/c
> is NOT on when this happens. engine does NOT do this when i brake
> normally, i.e., non-panic stop.
> any ideas on what's causing this and what components to check? any
> advice would be greatly appreciated .....
> tia.
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