1994 FORD TEMPO Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TEMPO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER TEN MINUTES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,900 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING. AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE'S IDLE SPEED VARIES AND STARTS TO SHAKE AND WILL STALL IF I DON'T PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. SOMETIMES IT HAS STALLED EVEN AFTER PUTTING IT IN NEUTRAL. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD A TUNE-UP AND MY GAS FILTER REPLACED, WITH NO RESULTS. *LA

1994 FORD TEMPO GL. MY HUSBAND'S CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES AND SMOKE YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING IT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE CAME AND PUT IT OUT. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS, AS WELL AS THE JACKET MY HUSBAND WAS (FORTUNATELY) WEARING WHEN THE FLAMES CAME SHOOTING OUT FROM THE ENGINE AREA INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT. A FRIEND OF MINE SUGGESTED THAT I CHECK IF OTHERS HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND I CAME ACROSS THIS SITE. IT LOOKS LIKE OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, IF THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN 97V019000 IS AN INDICATION OF SUCH. AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED THAT SOME FORD TEMPOS WERE POTENTIAL FIRE TRAPS. MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY BURNED, BUT FORTUNATELY, HIS JACKET TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE FLAMES. *JB

"SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT GOES ON WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES GOING OFF AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND SOMETIMES STAYING ON FOR 20-40 MILES. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED UP THE CODES AND CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. I DO NOT HAVE AN OWNER'S MANUAL AND CANNOT LOCATE ONE ONLINE, SO TROUBLESHOOTING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. *NLM

CONSUMER, UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT THE MAIN PULLEY BOLTS ARE WORKING LOOSE. THEY WEREN'T PROPERLY TORQUED FROM THE FACTORY. AS A RESULT THE ENGINE HAS OVERHEATED, PROBLEMS WITH THE ALTERNATOR, LIGHTING SYSTEM AND STEERING POWER WAS LOST BECAUSE OF CONNECTIONS TO THE MAIN PULLEY. *JG

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN. SHE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE CRANKCASE NOISE APPLICABLE TO MANY TEMPO'S TSB 97-15-9 LOOKING FOR FURTHER INFO ON THAT TSB

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS FLUID LEAKING OUT DUE TO ABLOWEN OUT ENGINE HEAD GASKET.TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE IS VERY TIME CONSUMING AND COSTLY. *AK

OWNER HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PULLEY. THE PULLEY WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE PULLEY WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING OIL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BROKE APART ON THREE OCCASIONS. MJS

CRANKSHAFT:PULLEY IS LOOSE, CAUSING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMES FROM THE CRANKSHAFT: PULLEY. THIS INFORMATION WAS TOLD TO OWNER BY ASE MECHANIC AND THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND THE DEALER HAD THE HARMONIC BALANCE REPAIRED. *AK

OIL PAN GASKET FAILED.

HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STOPPED, HOOD AND TAIL PIPE SMOKE OCCURRED. ALSO, THERE WAS A HOLE IN THIRD CYLINDER, ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED, COSTING APPROX. $3,000. DEALER REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD MENTIONED THAT THE FORD TEMPO HEAD GASKET SHOULD BE CHANGED AFTER 50,000 TO AVOID THE PROBLEM WITH THE FORD TEMPO (VULCAN ENGINE).

A TAPPING SOUND COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT PART OF ENGINE THAT WAS DUE TO A LOOSE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY. THE PULLEY HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK *SLC

CRANKSHAFT:PULLEY VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE LIKE METAL RUBBING AGAINST METAL. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. *AK CONSUMER SAID THE LISTED NAME AND ADDRES IS MINE BUT I HAVE NEVER OWNED THIS VEHICLE NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE OF IT BEFORE. *YH

ENGINE PULLEY FAILED.

OIL PAN GASKET FAILED, CAUSING OIL LEAK.