Q: No guts and overheating 1994 Ford Fairmont
1994 ED FORD FAIRMONT
It's been one thing after another. My problem now is my car has no guts, have to hold the accelerator to the floor to give it a boost and its fine unless I have to slow down and repeat the process, it also overheats when accelerating over 90km but then the gage will drop back down when I lower my speed.
Thermostat and gaskets replaced. Distributor, cat converter replaced. And a number of other things replaced along with a full service. Help I have already spent over $1600 at the mechanics.
My car has 300000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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