I have a 2000 mercury marquis with v8 it runs fine for awhile then usually on an incline it looses power and backfires a little , I pull over an Rev it a couple times and it will start to run normal a

Asked by Plannerdude Dec 05, 2015 at 05:30 PM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

This usually happens at speed over 50mph
. Have replaced fuel filter

F_O_R answered 8 years ago

Try running a good fuel system cleaner through a couple of tanks of gas. I like Seafoam and Chevron Techron.

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KenF answered 8 years ago

Give it a tune up, loss of power and backfiring might mean something's amiss with the spark/ignition, the backfire caused by unburned air/fuel mixture igniting in the cat, you'll have to run some diagnostics, maybe the problem is in the PCM and/or sensors like camshaft sensor). Any trouble codes?

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I have a 2000 mercury marquis with v8 it runs fine for awhile then usually on an incline it looses power and backfires a little , I pull over an Rev it a couple times and it will start to run normal a 2 Answers

This usually happens at speed over 50mph . Have replaced fuel filter

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