1995 Ford escort engine runs ruff, keeps wanting to die.at stop lights have to put in Neutral keep giving it gas so it won't die.anyone

1995 Ford escort engine runs ruff, keeps wanting to die. At stop lights have to put in Neutral keep giving it gas so it won't die.anyone help?

Look for vacuum leaks.

There's a hard plastic pipe that goes to the PCV valve, on the end of it there's a 90 degree rubber boot that fits over the PCV valve. That rubber boot is rotted out and leaking. I have probably replaced a hundred of these over the years. Ford only sells the whole pipe piece so I used to grab an angled silicone rubber boot off an old spark plug lead and use those, they last forever.
Go by any oldtime auto shop and ask if they have some old plug leads around to steal one from.

If the escort is a manual transmission suspect the hydraulic clutch system. Make sure the reserve tank is filled to the full mark and pump the clutch pedal a few times. That might fix the problem for a day or more.