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Sputtering after filling up

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2021 ford explorer st
#1
Hey all, just noticed this since the last time filling up. About two weeks ago I filled up. As soon as the click happened I took the fuel nozzle out. After starting the car it seemed to idle and then almost stalled out. It catches itself before stalling. I filled up again just now and it did it again. Once I drive the car a bit it stops doing it. Seems to be after filling up?
Anyone have this issue?
 

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#3
I learned that valuable lesson after overfilling my 2013 MKZ! Now I never overfill. When it stops filling I am done at the pump. I never got it fixed just lived with it.
 

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#5
Definitely purge valve that is bad. Pretty common problem.
 

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#6
New ST owner here, good to know...thanks!
 

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#7
I used to continue filling up to the next dollar amount at the pump which messed up my MKZ's purge valve. By the time I drove home from the gas station the sputtering/stalling would stop and wouldn't happen again until the next fillup, but I recall it being intermittent and temperature related too.
 



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