Originally posted by ScottK:
Did you get new plugs and wires as part of the original service?

Or did they maybe do an oil change and try and start it with no oil (I've seen that before when I worked at an Instant Oil Change in college).



Hi! They weren't supposed to do plugs, wire, or oil change as we did all that a bit ago (oil two weeks ago). It sounds like it could have flooded by being started cold, driven a very short distance, and turned off. A very experienced person on the list mentioned this as a possibility and something he's seen happen, though he said it isn't common. A flooded engine sounding like one throwing a timing chain and trying to start backward is sure a stretch, though... what a fiasco!

I'll feel better once I've driven it home tomorrow morning and all is well - can't wait to drive my little '95 'Tour MTX again!

Thanks Lynn

Lynn '95 Contour SE MTX, electric red, "Ferret II"