Hi Folks,

My 97 Ford Taurus GL 3.0 SHO, 130K Mileage  has turned into a nighmare
for the last 4 months.

It shows the following symptoms, I call it the "sad repeating story", I
will refer to this story quite often below.

It starts well, drives well for about 5-8 miles and then starts to show
loss of power, meaning that the car slows down and when I push the
acelerator , the rpm does not go up and the car sort of jerks and
barely goes ahead. I  stop the car , turn it off and turn it back up
and it drives well for another couple of miles and repeats the process.

If I allow it to cool down it drives well for a bit starts the cycle
all over again.

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When all of this started in August and I took it to my &#@$% mechanic
who said that the Tranny is dying and asked me to fix it now than be
sorry later, I stupidly did not take a second opinion and had the
Tranny fully rebuilt.

Guess what happend after rebuilding the transmission  the "sad
repeating story" above repeated itself, I then had it checked at
another mechanic and he said that one of the Catalytic Convertor was
clogged.

1) I then had the Catalytic Convertors Replaced, by now I had spent
more on the car than what the car was worth!

This time it ran well for a couple of weeks and then guess what "sad
repeating story" again !!

this time I took it to the Dealership to check for the error codes and
real reason behind my Service Engine Soon Light ? ( Showed Cylinder 5
Misfire )

The Dealership said very confidently that it was just the fuel pump

2) I had the fuel pump replaced and it drove well for a week and then
the "sad repeating story" again !! ( part of the whole story is that I
dont drive a whole lot, work is like 5 minutes from home and everything
else is closeby )

I then took it back to the dealership, had them run diagnostics with
the same - Cylinder 5 Misfire

This time they recommended the following

a) Replace O2 Sensor in Bank One
b) Tune Up ( Said one plug was malfunctioning )
c) Clean EGR ports
d) reprogram CPU
e) Clean fuel Injectors ( they said that it was not necessary )

I had the following done at my mechanic

3) Clean EGR Ports
4) Replaced O2 Sensor in Bank One
5) Replaced all Plugs and wires - Complete Tune Up

The problem did not go away after these three were done, I drove for a
day and was part of the "sad repeating story" again !!

I then

6) Replaced Ignition Coils
7) Repalced EGR Sensor
8) Replaced EGR Vaccum Solenoid

and within 15 minute sof driving after that the "sad repeating story"
played itself again.

I dont know what to do now, the Error codes read Cylinder 5 Misire and
Cylinder 6 misfire.
Please Advise.

-- Sad Taurus Owner