Re: 2001 ZTEC problem

Take it do a dealer.  That's really odd.  What brand of gas do you put in 
it?  If you're using gas w/ no additives that could be an issue.

Lots of people put in the habib gas to save a few cents a gallon not 
realizing the long term damage they are doing.
"SteveT" <smhp-survey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I have a 2001 SE Wagon with the 2.0 ZETEC engine. When the engine is cold

>it runs very rough at idle. This can be either sitting still or if I let
up 
>off the gas going down a hill or around a curve. Here is the strange 
>part... If I drive it 5 or 6 miles and turn it off for a little while and

>start it back up it runs a perfectly however if I drive straight home
from 
>work, about 10 miles, it runs rough at idle all the way home. I've tried 
>new plugs, air filter, cleaned the PCV valve, and even checked to make
sure 
>the timing belt was ok even though I knew that was highly unlikely. The 
>engine has 112k miles on it. Any ideas??
>