View Full Version : Marquis engine starts but stops immediately


jinroh
03-27-2007, 10:10 PM
It's a 96 Mercury Grand Marquis with 55k milage.
Today I started the engine, then the engine stops 2 seconds later. I tried again and hold the gas padel, the engine running. Then stops right after my foot leave the padel. After 30 minutes, I tried again, the engine starts without any problem. That's the 3rd time in last couple months.
The only thing I could think of is I changed original motorcraft spark plugs to bosch platinum 2+ ones 3 months ago.
Any suggestions are welcome.

goinstrong
03-27-2007, 10:40 PM
Some spark plugs don't run well in older engines. If the factory didn't put them in there was usually a reason for that. It could be a lot of different ignition parts like the wires, cap, rotor, etc. which could also be affecting it though.

way2old
03-30-2007, 11:59 PM
Checkthe idle speed control motor. Classic symptoms of it failing. Alse replce the plugs again with Motorcrft. Bosh will give you about 10 to 15k miles and fail.

goinstrong
04-01-2007, 08:01 PM
Slight possibility of dirty fuel filter.