About Dinger Expertise Happy Holiday everyone!
Specialize in transmissions. Many years at the dealer level in general repair, Red Sox Baseball and uber-experience with Lincoln Navigators. Come on Patriots! Nice job on the Lions last week!
Experience 11 years in the transmission industry.
Organizations ATSG, ASE, BPOE!
Education/Credentials On the job! Real life experience. Hours beyond hours of studying tranmission principles, updates, mods. Performance mods, towing mods, etc..
Awards and Honors Rated top in my field by Aamco Transmissions, 1999 Ranked 2nd in the country for Cottman Transmission 2006
Question Hello. A friend with a 2000 Mercury Cougar with 102,000 miles recently asked me to check her car and these are some of the things I found: "missing" at idle and even more noticeably when the A/C is on. It also "sputters" during hard acceleration but does not "sputter" when the gas is applied gently and smoothly. After a hard acceleration the check engine light comes on and then turns off when the engine evens out. Also, I have noticed that a "wrench" indicator light is on in the overhead light cluster. Although the engine "misses" at idle it does not seem like it is going to turn off. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Answer HI Ruben,
It's likely a bad sensor due to that light being on. You will need to have someone scan it for you and give you the code numbers. You can re-submit to me and I will tell you what they mean as far as for repair. I would have originally said spark plug wires until you mentioned the check engine light (Wrench). Cottman Transmission and Aamco transmission will both check it for free for you.
