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1990 Mercury Topaz Questions & Answers
Rear hub stuck on
IF your referring to the brake drum, then this is going to sound funny. Kick it hard, hit with hammer, all it needs is a few good hits or bumps if all things holding it on are removed, like your wheels. If a few good kicks don't dislidge it, try to remove tension on the brakes by turning the brake adjuster with a flat screwdriver till brakes are loose enough to remove the hub/drum by hand.
Cannot get topaz to turn over
make sure the exaust is actually cumin out the tail pipe while your cranking the engine sounds like the catilac converter is cloged which keeps too much pressure in the engine
Turns over but dosnt start
Could be fuel pump, Fuel pump relay, fuel pump circuits, fuel filter, bad fuel, defective Mass Airflow Sensor (MAF), shorted or open fuel injector circuits, broken timing belt, worn out or improperly gapped spark plugs, blown head gasket, damaged valve train components. You need to check the fuel pressure at the fuel rail and the engine compression to eliminate many of the possible causes on this list.
My car starts up then runs for ten mins then dies.
sounds like a bad cam sensor. have scanned if light on dash is on. if no scanner any auto parts store will scan for free. a bad or failing crank sensor will make vehicle stall out after a few seconds or minutes. if it is bad enough it will not start. because it controls timing.
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