The car below is a 1999 Ford Escort 2.0L SOHC
I'll try to give you the whole story from start to today.
I received this car from an uncle, it had been sitting for a year or two in his driveway. When I got it, it ran like crap, had some odbii codes (do not remember them now) and had some transmissions issues.
I changed the coil and the wires, this made the engine run better but not all the way right. Turned out there was a vacuum hose missing that connects from the PCV to the air intake (I think). Replaced that, the engine ran really good. I took the car out and it was run great for awhile but would eventually bog down as if starving for fuel, even stall. I would start it back up and it seemed to be alright again. So I diagnosed things to what I hoped was the fuel pump or the fuel pressure sensor. Well, I got both from a U-pull and replaced them. All seemed right with the car, accepting the shifting.
I took the car to a reputable transmission mechanic. It turned out the solenoids were bad between 1-2 and 3-4 - so basically I was only driving on 1st & 3rd gears. However, I never had a problem with the fuel system again. The car would just shift from 1st to third and run high rpms. Well that was fixed today and the car drove great most the way home.
I was able to stomp on the gas and have the car accelerate,etc. It felt good and things were fine until I stopped to get gas. (I was NOT able to get gas because their network was down - so bad fuel from there was not an issue.) However, as I left to go to another station, the bogging on pressing the pedal started up again and eventually stalled (like in the beginning) With my fuel light was on, I thought it might be low fuel since I was trying to turn.
I got the car started again, but only sputtering and never really gaining power. I turned off the A/C, not sure if this did anything but it seemed to run better (for the moment). I got to a station and put $25.00 worth of mid in 89 octane. This did NOT help. I was able to get the car home since we were only a mile or two away.
I was able to increase my speed but only by very lightly pressing the accelerator pedal, but it would eventually sputter and choke and come close to stalling. It did eventually stall once I got off the main road and tried to stomp on it again.
So, I do NOT think my transmission fix is causing this, because I was able to get it to stall sitting in the driveway by monkeying with the throttle body. Should I try a Fuel Pressure sensor first or Fuel Pump?
Advice please...
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