Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting @#$ CEL + Engine won't back off.

also a few more things for u to know about the car in case u haven't read up on some of it already

waterpumps are notorious on these cars....the thermostats tend to go as well

only use double platinum spark plugs in the engine....motorcraft or autolite is your best best (see plugs i have in my sig below)...alot of people try to use bosch +4's or ngk's or some other plug but they are not whats best for your car...due to the nature of the duratec v6 these plugs wear quickly and unevenly particularly on the rear bank

fuel filter and fuel pump are starting to need to be replaced on some of the older cars as well

dont let me scare u with these things...generally u can look at these as maintainance although the waterpump can be serious if it suddenly goes on you

if u are into performance at all there are a number of filters on the market... i think overall k & n has proven to be the best...theres another filter setup (the kkm) but it has been proven to collapse or implode at high rpms...there are though many who have not had a problem...exhaust systems plenty of bling bling wheels....superchargers, turbos(coming soon to a duratec near u) nitros...several versions of the 3.0 duratec that u can upgrade to if u so desire and have to dough

oh and be glad u dont have an atx

good luck and welcome to the site