20 Most Recent 1990 Mercury Topaz Questions & Answers

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.

check the fuel pressure regulator

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

replace front right wheel erings 93 mercury topaz

Drive out cam gear pin & remove gear

there is a vacuum hose on the front of the trans that goes to the intake that u might check

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.

Sounds like blown head gasket

Cylinder Head Bolts Step 1 50-60 ft lbs

Step 2 80-90 ft. lbs.

ok that cap has a gasket that is rubber and over time deteriorates and just replace the cap

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.

energy drain somewhere.lights staying on? brake lights? inside lights? may ba bad battery, happens sometimes