Re: 95 Taurus GL Wagon 3.8L engine. I start my car in the morning and it runs great with no problems, then I run into a problem, i.e: After the car runs for a little while and I make a stop and then start it up again, I have sluggish pickup in that when I press on the accelerator it's spongy and if I back off a little on the pedal it starts to pickup, but not like the pickup that I have when I first start the car in the morning. Too, when it gets into that mode the temperature goes up but doesn't overheat and varies betwee the center & right marks.