2006 Mercury Mountaineer - Idles fine. Sputtering/losing power while driving
Asked by Ross Nov 03, 2014 at 08:42 PM about the 2006 Mercury Mountaineer Premier RWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
Over the past couple of years I would notice a stutter in the engine while driving.
Progressively got worse. That stutter turned into knocking and acting like it would die.
While not in drive, it idles fine. Give it gas and it revs fine. While driving though, I get
the stutter, then the loss of power and have to pull over as it knocks and clunks and
just won't go. Mechanic replaced fuel pump and filter. Said he saw a loss of fuel
pressure. Drove it today, back to the same ol' problem. Any ideas? Can the exhaust
system/catalytic converter cause this behavior? O2 sensor?
7 Answers
Could be converter stopped up,causing it to flood it self,have it checked,and if that is ok,do a compression check on the engine cylinder,s,
Ditto what T_S_T said. Yes the converter if plugged can restrict the exhaust flow to the point it will not run at all.
No CELs. Weird. If converter is the issue, wouldn't it do it when idling and reving while not in drive? Any chance it could be some sort of fuel sensor? (since there is loss of fuel pressure noted)
It could be a combination of things. Fuel pressure regulator comes to mind.
Jtlewis629 answered 7 years ago
did you ever figure out what it was. my old oine did it an it was just the spark plugs.
Foshizzlemanizzle answered 6 years ago
I have the exact same issue and it's driving me crazy. It's started only when it would be hot outside or when I was low on fuel. I would put gas in, it would stop doing it until I drove a long time when it would be scorching hot outside. Now, few months later, it's bad, it's happening all the time! Can anyone tell me the order of things to check/change? I have a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer. It's real embarrassing and annoying when I am trying to get through a busy intersection and it starts that crap, I barely make it through sometimes. I don't k OW a lot about cars but am pretty good at watching videos and working on it myself if I can. Lol I labeled all of my tanks under the hood so I don't mess up. I'm a chick, lol cut me come slack
