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I am working through a poor idle/ shutoff condition on my Conquest. I verified the MAF is working tonight and was going to the next step of resetting the TPS/ISC. A bit of history, this engine was rebuild prior to me owning the car, and I purchased it as "non running" condition. The new engine had never seen combustion until I fixed the one tooth off timing issue. Now it will start, run for a few seconds and die. I can tease it to stay running by playing with the throttle plate, but eventually the issue will catch up to me and the engine will finally stop. Initial suspect was the MAF, but after testing the ambient temp sensor good, and verifying when the MAF is unplugged the engine ran worse and literally flooded the intake with fuel so the ECU is getting a signal, the next stop would be to verify the TPS and ISC motor are working ok. I found the reset instructions for this on the forum but I cannot run the car long enough to get it to "operating temperature". Do I just struggle with the engine until it seems hot enough? Is there a method to use without the engine at temp? Anyone have any other suggestions on the idle issue? Thanks in advance for your assistance.