99 mecury cougar had transmission completely rebuilt on Xmas this year has 170,000 miles but now engine runs really ragged when it didn't before the repair?

99 mecury cougar had transmission completely rebuilt on Xmas this year has 170,000 miles but now engine runs really ragged when it didn't before the repair? 2 Answers

I have a 2002 Cougar 5-speed, V6 that is having a major oil problem. It's leaking on the motor & my tail pipe is completely black. Small small oil spots on the ground as soon as I put it in park but no major puddles. The smell is awful & it's smoking when I park it after driving it. Had my oil changed on a Wed and by that Sunday, it was completely dry. Not even enough to wet your finger. Please, any ideas on what may be causing this???? 1 Answer

MAJOR oil leak. Had my oil changed on a Wed and by Sun, there was no oil at all in it. Completely dry, not even enough to wet my finger. No major drips/leaks. A little bit of oil on the motor but no w...

I have a 1995 Mercury Cougar with 83,000. miles on it and they can't get the check engine light to stay out? 1 Answer

The check engine light won't stay out. The ERG solenoid has been change, they put in a new EGR hose set, nothing is plugged up, they clean out everything and it still comes on. They said it could be...

my 2000 mercury cougar v6 manual transmission has new brakes, axles, and ball joints and when i start out in reverse and the car has something holding it up. what is wrong? 1 Answer

I noticed that my car is using up more gas sometimes. someone said that it might be the transmission. I don't know a whole lot of the transmission so if anyone would have any info it would really he...

2000 Mercury Cougar revs up when I turn the heater (defogger) on and makes shifting a little harder 1 Answer

Hi, I recently bought a 2000 mercury cougar and I currently have a problem where the car revs up to about 2-2.5 thousand rmps before going back down to a little below 1 thousand where it should be ...