I'll get some starting fluid so I can rule out a fuel issue, thanks.

And no, I said that I can't really use a noid light because the way the injectors are (under the upper intake manifold) I can't get to the connectors without taking off the entire upper intake, and if I do that I'm not going to try to crank the engine. So I'm guessing I would have to use a scan tool to check the injector pulses.

To do a compression check don't I have to take out all of the spark plugs before threading in the tester into one of the holes? Or do I just disconnect the coil so that the spark plugs can't fire while I'm doing the test?

I could look this up in the manual I assume, but what should the compression be ideally and what is a minimum pressure I should look for? Thanks a lot again.


1997 Ford Contour Sport, 2.5L Duratec V6, MTX