I just received a 1996 ford contour GL with 150000 miles for the great price of free. The interior is clean, and so is the exterior, but the engine is giving me troubles. Here is alist....
The car over heats on some trips, but others stays within normal temp....Plan on replacing the water pump and goinv fmro there.
when taking off the car feels like its going to die, or it is stailling and jerking and all sorts of things. There is a CEL on, I have noticed when I floor it, and the car down****s it will be fine as long as I am moving. Sometimes the battery light flashes too.
Bringing it home it ran great, but when I stopped at the stop light, it was idling fine. Than on take of it wouldnt go, and was just supttering and bafckfiring, and the car started to overheat once again. Here is a list of things I plan on doing, Any ideas?
alternator?
water pump
spark plugs
air filter
fuel filter
radiator flush
clean MAF
change oil
spark plug wires
When I floor it it downshifts and the RPMs get really high and quickly shifts up,,,and belts squeel and there is chaos.
The car over heats on some trips, but others stays within normal temp....Plan on replacing the water pump and goinv fmro there.
when taking off the car feels like its going to die, or it is stailling and jerking and all sorts of things. There is a CEL on, I have noticed when I floor it, and the car down****s it will be fine as long as I am moving. Sometimes the battery light flashes too.
Bringing it home it ran great, but when I stopped at the stop light, it was idling fine. Than on take of it wouldnt go, and was just supttering and bafckfiring, and the car started to overheat once again. Here is a list of things I plan on doing, Any ideas?
alternator?
water pump
spark plugs
air filter
fuel filter
radiator flush
clean MAF
change oil
spark plug wires
When I floor it it downshifts and the RPMs get really high and quickly shifts up,,,and belts squeel and there is chaos.