OT escort shudder help

1994 1.9 L Ford Escort


OK guys i bought this escort and have a stumbler for me . It has a shudder after in OD that only comes in when the temp gage is in the high side of normal . The shudder is pretty violent and if i excelerate a little it goes away or if i let off gas it goees away . If i turn on the heat and drop temp down to lower normal it dont happen at all . I did notice the cooling fan dont come on till it hits the higher side of normal can i get this to turn on sooner with a different or newer relay . Would this be in the tune up at all a mechanic said it sounds like a light load miss fire dirty injectors . It has had new plugs and wires installed by previous owner . To me seems like drive line is shaking maybe trans being hot . I also did inspection and found the 2 inner CV joints slightly worn could this cause a shudder under light loads also .

I had a Tempo with worn CV's and 1 day when they went really bad. I had a shudder that shook the wheel from side to side violently. My mom had a '95 Escort that did the same thing you described, and it was said to be the injectors.

Matt did it come and go also . This seems so tempature related im baffled

once it warmed up it would do it.. we never did fix it because the repair cost was not worth it. car had 170k on it. my mom learned to drive it so it did not do it, and drove it that way for another 10k until it needed to much and we parked it...... Another thing we learned you don't do with those cars is hook the battery up backwards.. my brother accidently did ( after we retired it ) and it fried everything

Matt thanks car has 102 k but runs like a dream other then this . If i mash the gas it hits 70 mph with out a hitch . Is worth cleaning or replacing with better ones .

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Originally Posted by bluestang67

Matt thanks car has 102 k but runs like a dream other then this . If i mash the gas it hits 70 mph with out a hitch . Is worth cleaning or replacing with better ones .

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have it put on an injector cleaning machine. that should take care of it.. 102k is low mialage for an escort.... my moms was still running good ( other than the shudder ) when we parked it. but it needed $500 worth of work to pass inspection again, at that time it was a second car anyway.. ran great up until the day the wiring got fried...

Think i'll go to the local shops and gets some estimates this i would rather leave to the real experts instead of myself . I can do carbs but never messed with the F I

easy fix , pull the radiator cap , put a chevette under it and put said cap back on.. haha sorry bobby , i couldnt help myself!!

flh those ole chevette's are still running around . But if i drove one of them i would have a long walk in work parking lot .