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97 Ford Escort - Hesitating

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racing girl

racing girl

Jedi Knight
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Wha'd up with my daily ride?? It's a 97 stick shift Escort Sport, 2L engine... lately when I change up or down the box the engine seems to hesitate a bit and kinda chugs for a second or two as if I'm in the wrong gear when I'm not - clutch is also fully out when this happens.

Worst of all, I was pulling out into morning traffic last week and it just stalled on me in second, only just managed to avoid a major incident. Not pretty. Hubby suspects a throttle position sensor is the culprit, but so far we've not managed to fix it.

Any ideas??

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I've owned two '94 Escorts(and still have one now). Things that have caused this kind of problem in the past on mine:

1. Clamps for intake air box loose
2. Vacuum leaks - especially around the PCV valve vacuum connection
3. PCV valve bad
4. O2 sensor bad
5. Plugs need replacing
 
My wife had a '98 Escort that had similar symptoms.
I changed plugs and wires and they went away.
 
I have the 97 Escort, but with a slushbox, and I had the same trouble before the tune-up. At the same time, I went to the K&N filter and Bosch platinum +4 plugs, for a gain of about 5mpg. 50,000 miles later and all I need is another transmission filter. But you shouldn't need that. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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