Hi
I have a 2000 mercury cougar with the 2.5 v6
I had a check engine light on for the insuffient egr flow error. So somebody told me there is a channel on the intake that gets clogged on fords that causes this. But they didn't know where it was. So I took off the intake and then realized it was where the throttle body connects to the intake. So I cleaned this out, because it was totally clogged. But When I reassymboled it back and started it, it runs really rough and knocks every once in a while. In park it runs rough and at about 4 to 5 thousand rpms starts to die intermently. I checked all the cables I unplugged and checked all the vacuum hoses.
The only thing I can think is when I took off the intake there was a hose that went from the top of the intake to the master cylinder. When I disconnected that there was a pop and some suction. Do you think that I need to reapply some suction to this?
I really don't know what is causing this and am out of ideas.[img:8d28f1e86f]http://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/61070_PIC0019_1.jpg[/img:8d28f1e86f]
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I have a 2000 mercury cougar with the 2.5 v6
I had a check engine light on for the insuffient egr flow error. So somebody told me there is a channel on the intake that gets clogged on fords that causes this. But they didn't know where it was. So I took off the intake and then realized it was where the throttle body connects to the intake. So I cleaned this out, because it was totally clogged. But When I reassymboled it back and started it, it runs really rough and knocks every once in a while. In park it runs rough and at about 4 to 5 thousand rpms starts to die intermently. I checked all the cables I unplugged and checked all the vacuum hoses.
The only thing I can think is when I took off the intake there was a hose that went from the top of the intake to the master cylinder. When I disconnected that there was a pop and some suction. Do you think that I need to reapply some suction to this?
I really don't know what is causing this and am out of ideas.[img:8d28f1e86f]http://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/61070_PIC0019_1.jpg[/img:8d28f1e86f]
[img:8d28f1e86f]http://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/61070_PIC0020_1.jpg[/img:8d28f1e86f]
Feb 25, 2007 at 9:29 AM