Cleaning the throttle body with appropriate cleaner on a toothbrush around the choke plate might be enough to smooth the idle. Used to do it on mine every 10K miles. It made a huge difference. My 2.0 normally did not idle roughly, so check this and the tune-up parts first.
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Nice find, a granny car if I ever saw one. Perfect for the winter.
Nice car, Appears to be well kept too. If you decide to make this car a winter beater to save your 'good' car, I suggest replacing all the brake lines and maybe the fuel lines depending. If you look closely at where the lines are clipped to the chassis,you are likely to see rust. Road dirt accumulates and that holds water and that makes rust over 24 yrs of service.With a little bit of looking you may even to find a set of OEM lines for it. My brother found a set for his 99 Chevvy when it flunked a VT safety inspection simply due to its age. He didn't even argue, once you push a brake pedal to the floor instead of stopping, its too late. AMHIK 
I second checking the brake lines. I've had 3 Escorts over the years and my wife had another. They all ended up getting the rear brake lines replaced at some point.
Great cars, even to the point where I did rebuilt cylinder head swaps to prevent the valve dropping issue. I got rid of my last one at 260k miles as it blew a head gasket and was getting rusty.
You will never make it idle completely smooth. The 2.0s were a little smoother than the 1.9 at idle but still vibrated the steering wheel.
Great cars, even to the point where I did rebuilt cylinder head swaps to prevent the valve dropping issue. I got rid of my last one at 260k miles as it blew a head gasket and was getting rusty.
You will never make it idle completely smooth. The 2.0s were a little smoother than the 1.9 at idle but still vibrated the steering wheel.
Ooh that takes me back
This is the new and improved version of the first project I ever posted here on BITOG
Looks real clean, and non rusty
I would give those rear brake lines a close inspection, they like to rust just out of sight
No CCRM cooling fan issues yet?
There's a guy online that rebuilds them, as they're NLA
Drive on
Maybe find some NOS ZX2 SR bolt ons
This is the new and improved version of the first project I ever posted here on BITOG
Revival of the '94 Escort...
Well *clears throat* Time to stop lurking and start bringing OC back Just shoved into the backyard is a friends '94 Escort (1.9 CVH Automatic) They call it an LX, which stands for Luxury Xperience? Manual locks/windows, strangle yourself passive restraints, yet power mirrors, frigid A/C, and...
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I would give those rear brake lines a close inspection, they like to rust just out of sight
No CCRM cooling fan issues yet?
There's a guy online that rebuilds them, as they're NLA
Drive on
Maybe find some NOS ZX2 SR bolt ons
I had an EcoSport given to me as a loaner when my last F-150 was in the shop. I think your Escort is an upgrade!
Props to you. I have no qualms driving an older vehicle. While my 2012 F150 works just fine, I would have no issues getting rid of it for a 1990s F150. People these days are all worried about being flashy and having bluetooth and heated and cooled seats, Call me the oddball but Im only 31 “millenial” as they label us and Im fine with a plain jane truck. A friend of my parents, she up and down swears that even a modern vehicle is not reliable past 100k miles. We argue every time and I cant make her understand that her logic is horribly wrong. Needless to say, every vehicle she owns she trades in around 90k., as its “high mileage” and no longer reliable.
