Sluggish Acceleration - Taurus Car Club of America : Ford Taurus Forum

thejadams72 · 01-21-2013, 09:32 AM

2001 Taurus has very sluggish acceleration. idles perfect. Just bought for a great deal, Im thinking fuel injector or fuel filter. Any ideas. It accelerates very slowly while sometimes making a clicking sound. The previous owner admits to running it out of gas. He states the car ran perfectly before running out of gas and after he refilled the problem started.

The White Falcon · 01-21-2013, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by thejadams72

2001 Taurus has very sluggish acceleration. idles perfect. Just bought for a great deal, Im thinking fuel injector or fuel filter. Any ideas. It accelerates very slowly while sometimes making a clicking sound. The previous owner admits to running it out of gas. He states the car ran perfectly before running out of gas and after he refilled the problem started.

Try running some injector/fuel system cleaner through it. Which 3.0 do you have?

peterf1992 · 01-21-2013, 10:04 AM

fuel filter could be clogged up because car runed out out gas and sucking up all the dirt instead of gas change the fuel filter and run some good quality fuel injector cleaner or just get gas at a chevron.

behlinla · 01-21-2013, 01:27 PM

Change the fuel filter and check the fuel pressure while revving the engine to make sure it doesn't drop.

01-21-2013, 09:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
thejadams72 Junior Member Member Number: 52413 Join Date: Jan 2013 Chapter: Northeast Drives: 2001 Taurus SES 3.0 V6 Visit: My Garage Posts: 1 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 0	Sluggish Acceleration 2001 Taurus has very sluggish acceleration. idles perfect. Just bought for a great deal, Im thinking fuel injector or fuel filter. Any ideas. It accelerates very slowly while sometimes making a clicking sound. The previous owner admits to running it out of gas. He states the car ran perfectly before running out of gas and after he refilled the problem started.

01-21-2013, 10:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
peterf1992 Member Member Number: 42637 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Florida Chapter: Southeast Drives: Ford Taurus 96 OHV 290,000+ miles Visit: My Garage Posts: 251 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 2	fuel filter could be clogged up because car runed out out gas and sucking up all the dirt instead of gas change the fuel filter and run some good quality fuel injector cleaner or just get gas at a chevron.

01-21-2013, 01:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
behlinla Technical Advisor Member Number: 14275 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wisconsin Chapter: Midwest Drives: 2006 Taurus SEL Visit: My Garage Posts: 5,678 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 10	Change the fuel filter and check the fuel pressure while revving the engine to make sure it doesn't drop.

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