2000 Ford Taurus SPUTTERING

2000 FORD TAURUS
209,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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INEZCIO
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I HAVE A 2000 FORD TAURUS THAT STARTED KINDA SPUTTERING SOMETIMES, NOT ALL THE TIME, IT KINDA FEELS LIKE ITS GONNA SHUT OFF BUT IT NEVER DOES. ONCE I GIVE IT GAS IT STOPS FOR A WHILE. FINALLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO WE KNEW IT HAD NEEDED AN EGR VALVE, WE REPLACED THAT THEN THE CODE IT WAS GIVING SAID THE 6TH CYLINDER WAS MISSFIRING SO WE REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG AND IT RAN SO GOOD FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS AND IT STARTED AGAIN BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT BACK ON YET, WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM?
Feb 4, 2010 at 8:58 PM
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Check for pending codes (if possible)
check if coil firing and have a good strong spark
do a compression test
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:10 PM