I have a 1995 Explorer 6-cyl automatic with ~110K miles. Truck usually starts and runs fine. Normal starting procedure is just to turn the key without depressing accelerator and she fires right up, bingo. However, on the rare occasion, with no apparent correlation to either a hot or cold engine, when I start the engine it doesn't quite "hit" and will immediately stall or, more appropriately, not start. The engine will start no problem on the second try, but I have to use the accelerator to keep the engine running. And then, for quite some time afterwards, I have to keep the accelerator partially depressed when stopping or stopped at a light or stop sign or the engine will stall. Normally, when approaching a stop the rpm hovers at near 1K (normal), but when this stalling behavior is happening the rpm goes to near zero whenever I release the accelerator.
I'm hoping someone can tell me what causes this and what 99-cent part :-) I need to replace.
thanks in advance!