90 cougar stalling

I have a 1990 Mercury cougar with a 3.8 v-6 and all of a sudden I cant keep the car running. It sounds like it's running on only 3 cylinders. When I give it a lot of gas it seems to straighten out, then as it idles down it runs real rough again and stalls out. I cant keep it running. The wires look fine. This car was running fine and all of a sudden this happened out of the blue. Any suggestions on what to look for first?

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smantas
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IAC - sits on the throttle body and passes air for idle. Mine failed just like yours. I think they're about $30 at autozone.

If the rough idle continues after you give a little gas - this may not be it. How new are plugs and wires?

Hope this helps - PoD

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Paul of Dayton

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