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lugging problem
Got a 95 Contour SE 2.5L 5 spd manual, with 154,000 miles. The clutch was replaced at about 145,000 miles. Most of the miles are highway, and in the past few months it's only been driven a few hundred miles.
Recently when I've driven it the engine has been lugging in 2nd and sometimes 3rd. I'm doing anything different in my driving, so I have no idea why this is happening.
Anybody got any suggestions on why the car would lug besides driver error? It is running fine in 1st, 4th and 5th. Also, I took it up to about 40-45mph in 2nd gear (5500-6000RPM) and it did this like it always had, smoothly (for those of you without the V6, the peak torque at 4250RPM sends the car flying, and even this is smooth).
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