The car is an '01 Corolla CE, with 60k.
When starting the car in the morning, it runs rough, and behaves like it's using only about half of it's cylinders. Sometimes it stalls. When it doesn't, I have to nurse the gaxs pedal to get the idle up, and to get the car moving. Once the idle is up, the car performs well. It runs great, and doesn't stall at stops.
Throughout the day, there's a 50/50 chance that it will do this again, even when the car has only been sitting for as little as 45 minutes.
It's been to a tech twice, and of course the car wouldn't exibit the behavior I was experiencing. Thei solution was to clean out the throttle body, an air/idle control device, and a new air filter.
Any advice would be great. I don't think it's fuel filter related or the performance would suffer when driving as well. Not sure about ignition because of the same; once it's been nursed to the right idle, and gets moving a little bit, it runs fine.
Thanks,
Bill Graham Durham, NC