Wednesday 26 October 2011

Problems with Ford Contour Shutting Off?

Mu husban and I recently bought a 1999 Ford Conour froma friend, now after reading the postings here I am sorry that we did. This car shuts off for no seemingly good reason. Driving fine, then just shuts off. A mechanic changed the fuel injector stuff or something like that, and it still shuts off. Afetr checking the previous owner, we gather that he also experienced that, it would drive fine for a few months, then just shut off one day. Please help! What could be the problem? I thought we were getting bargin for $1000 bucks with 84 thousand miles. Now it seems not.Problems with Ford Contour Shutting Off?$1000 for a 99 is a pretty good deal.



forget vapor lock.. fuel pumps these days produce enough flow and pressure that they fuel never really gets a chance to expand anymore.



Usually the 1999s were a better animal than the 95-97s.. but as was said, it's intermittant and why it's shutting down is a question for the ages...



Usually when those cars shut down it sets codes and my guess is the mechanic changed the %26quot;fuel injector stuff%26quot; due to the codes



They were known for the fuel pumps actually starving when hit in high accel causing a killing sometimes... The older ones were known for electrical problems with the engine wire insulation peeling off...



But my guess with the year and such I would say that isn't the problem.. but what is shutting down.. don't know without discriptions and possible EEC trouble codes.



Bring to a Ford dealer and spend the diag fee at least to find out what's messing up on the car. I find some independants have fits with these cars as It's a Ford/Ford of Europe/Mazda hybred of sorts
Problems with Ford Contour Shutting Off?
It sounds like vapor lock I had a car that did this

It is when a fuel line sits close to the exhaust and when the exhaust gets hot the gas vaporizes before it gets to the engine



I got rid of the car
Problems with Ford Contour Shutting Off?
$1000, and 84K miles...Does sound like a bargain.



You did not say if the car would restart later or how long before it would restart.



A intermittent problem is one of the most difficult to diagnose.



It could be a fuel system problem, fuel pump brushes, vapor locking, fuel lines partially blocked, fuel filter.

Or: an electrical fault, in the engine controls or ignition system.



Give us some details.



Yours: grumpy