1998 Escort-Need OBDII Code interpretation

1998 Escort-Need OBDII Code interpretation

12-14-2006, 03:30 AM

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1998 Escort-Need OBDII Code interpretation

I just picked up a 1998 escort from my brother in law for cheap, decent shape, 125k miles, 5 speed, ZX2 16V engine, needed a little work.

I'm driving it for a few days, check engine light comes on, not real worried about it, after a while, it's loosing power and running like garbage. I suspect the fuel pump since it sounds like a bucket of marbles down there, so I'm planning to replace that as well as the fuel filter.

Got a code scanner, and I popped a P171, P303 and P455 code. The first two are #3 cylinder miss and lean fuel mixture (or something to that effect) that I'm interpreting as a result of the fuel pump. The P455 is some sort of major evaporative leak. What's that?

Any thoughts as to what these codes really are - are my interpretations correct?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Dave

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