91 escort only runs when i pump the gas
hal97321
10-03-2008, 02:52 PM
91 ford esort pony. 1.9 fuel inj. the car stalled and would not start again. it had bad valves so i replaced them. when i got the engine put back together it will only run when i pump the gas pedal. i put a new throttle positioner on, didn't help. ???
RocketUSA
10-03-2008, 03:59 PM
My '94 Escort started dying when I came to a stop. Turned out it was the vacuum line feeding the PCV valve, up on the top of the engine. I popped the hood and could hear a faint hissing.
zzyzzx2
10-06-2008, 09:11 AM
The aboev person was most likely referring to the vacuum elbow that goes bad on all of these cars.
Complete writeup with pics is here:
http://www.feoa.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=26196
http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1490611/engine_02_small.jpg
You can see this one is bad, with there being a hole in the back of the elbow:
http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1490611/engine_03_small.jpg
Complete writeup with pics is here:
http://www.feoa.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=26196
http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1490611/engine_02_small.jpg
You can see this one is bad, with there being a hole in the back of the elbow:
http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1490611/engine_03_small.jpg
zzyzzx2
10-06-2008, 09:13 AM
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