98 escort with 110k with new plugs,wires after a 30 minute highway drive
when exiting will misfire,and the more gas i give it will run worse. if i
floor it the car will stall.i thought maybe, fuel pressure sensor, fuel
pump or fuel cap. any ideas would be helpful
Backyard Mechanic - 14 Mar 2006 16:29 GMT
> 98 escort with 110k with new plugs,wires after a 30 minute highway drive
> when exiting will misfire,and the more gas i give it will run worse. if i
> floor it the car will stall.i thought maybe, fuel pressure sensor, fuel
> pump or fuel cap. any ideas would be helpful
Check engine lite? Doesnt sound right for it not setting a lite.
Did this start before or after the plugs/wires?
Have the codes read out, anyway. Call parts stores to see if they do it,
....like autozone

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triumph1 - 15 Mar 2006 12:27 GMT
this problem started before i installed plugs and wires.check engine light
does not come on, and lights with key on before starting,so i assume its
ok. autozone said no light, no code.
Sharky - 15 Mar 2006 13:11 GMT
What kind of plugs and wires did you buy? It is recommended that you stick
with original Motorcraft parts and not aftermarket, such as Bosch. Why did
you change the original parts, was the car acting up beforehand? Any of the
original plugs not burning correctly?
The first thing I would do is take one of the old spark plug wires and pull
the new ones, one by one and temporarily replace the new part with the
original. Start the vehicle each time you switch the plug wire. Unless all
4 of the new wires are bad, this should isolate the problem if it happens to
be a bad plug wire. You know you've found the right wire if the car starts
running smoothly again. Make sure you change out the coil wire as well.
If nothing happens with the new spark plugs installed, switch them with the
old spark plugs and retry. If after you change the new plugs back to the
old, the car starts running fine again, one of the new plugs are bad.
This may take some time, but you said the car only started acting up after
the spark plug and wire change. Thus, that pretty much tells me one or all
of the plugs or plug wires are bad.
Good luck.
Sharky
Backyard Mechanic - 15 Mar 2006 17:45 GMT
> autozone said no light, no code.
In your case that's probably correct. Not always, though.
http://www.autotap.com/articles/OBdII_and_emissions_testing.html
It still couldnt hurt to try to read them out. Might be a hint, there.

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