Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting i just got a mystique and have some questions

I'm no expert, but i'd say that throttle delay is probably just a sticky throttle...try cleaning it (the backside (facing the upper intake manifold) is usally caked with gunk). As for the tranny, i had that problem once, it turned out that my tansmission fluid was low, and the vent tube for the tranny was blocked (cough..chris hightower..cough..)in my v6, the tube is in front of and to the left, and about 6 inches below of the battery (its about a 1/4" ribbed tube), i dunno about the I-4 (chris "accidentaly" plugged it onto the battery and it ended up spiting up all the tranny fluid trying to shift). any way, thats all i got...sorry i'm not a ford engineer.