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I've had a love of the Avenger since '01 when my friend bought a 99 ES V6. Finally bought one for myself and couldn't be happier. Found me a 1996 ES 420A 5 spd with appx 100K mi. on it. When I first got it, it drove like a dream. Eventually it started giving me severe power loss issues after long / hard drives. It's been getting progressively worse since. I've done the plugs and wires, and that helped a little at first. I've also used some fuel system cleaner additive, again helping @ first, but now is as bad as ever. It idles fine @ appx 800-900 RPM, and runs fine at first as well, but as it gets hotter, first it loses power / stalls above 3000 RPM. As it goes on, it loses power with ANY load put on the engine. If you drag the hell out of the clutch, you can make it move and even get up to a decent speed (accelerating at half the speed of smell). I don't have access to an OBD tool, otherwise i'd have run a diag already and included any trouble codes. Following a hunch, i'd found that if I pour water on the injectors, it makes the problem go away for a few.
Also, i've noticed my temp gauge is stuck mid-way up, so im not sure how the temp runs, but it does seem to run a little hot, just wondering if there could be a correlation.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Thanx
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