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96 ford contour trouble codes, engine lacks power missing

i got a 96 contour OBD II with the folowing trouble codes... P0302 cylinder 2 misfire P0171 system too lean bank 1 P0174 system too lean bank 2 P0401 egr flow insufficient P0430 Catalist system efficency below threshold bank 2 P1443 Evaporative emission control system control valve any help with fixing the above problems will be appreciated... the P401 was there already, so i knew that i had to take out the throttle body and clean up the carbon deposits behind it, just waiting to get my hands on the car with the kid home from college.. now today the rest of the codes pop up.. car was running great yesterday... now it is missing out pretty bad.... probably just one thing wrong with it, which should i tackle first???? thnaks for a reply....

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jim
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Plugs wires or coil.

Most likely low fuel pressure

This code is most likely related to the P0171 and P0172.

Most likely broken vacuum line to the Evaporative Management Valve.

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Thomas Moats

Plugs wires or coil.

Most likely low fuel pressure

This code is most likely related to the P0171 and P0172.

Most likely broken vacuum line to the Evaporative Management Valve.

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Thomas Moats

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Rusto

You may want to go to this site as well

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This is an organization of Contour enthusiasts/

Jeff

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Jeff

thanks jeff. i been on that site for about 2-3 yrs. now and got alot of help there, just fishing for more help as i dont have this problem fixed yet, but have gotten alot of help for other issues there.. thanks again.

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jim

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