Originally posted by lonefox:
The car sounded like it wanted to start but sounded like it wasn't getting any gas. .....a funny smell under the hood ....my check engine light came on just before it shut off. Just before the car died it started running rough and was hard to accelerate.



I hope I'm wrong here, but did you notice the temperature gauge while all of this was happening? A seriously overheated engine with a warped head would give all of the above symptoms. Hope not.

95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn) 95 Mystique Zetec, MTX 2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec 1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8 1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6