# 1999 cougar compression **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995 "2008-07-21T01:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shaymirror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shaymirror](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shaymirror)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/1 "2008-07-21T01:22:54Z")
1999 MERCURY COUGAR NO COMPRESSION Hi well I was driving south on I-75 my car started making this noise off and on I thought it was overheating or needed oil ,oil was fine waited a little bit started driving then started louder noise and lost compression it just kept going slower till it died then now I have it towed ,does it sound like oil pump?I just had cams and timing chain repaired last October ,the linkages of chain had fell and plugged oil pan but I assumed was cleaned good . Thank You Posted by: shaymirror ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/2 "2008-07-22T00:28:34Z")
Do you mean that you lost power when you wrote “lost compression”. Compression has a specific meaning wrt to internal combustion engines. ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/3 "2008-07-22T01:45:36Z")
The engine started making a noise, lost power, and died. Did it run out of gas? ---
**Author:** ![joe71c10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joe71c10/32/867_2.png) [@joe71c10](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joe71c10)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/4 "2008-07-22T01:50:24Z")
what sort of noise was it making? was it ticking? was it knocking? How do you know you lost compression? have you tested the compression on all of the cylinders? did any warning lights come on before it died? did it start missing when it died? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/5 "2008-07-22T02:23:28Z")
For a non-Ford guy what engine are we talking about? A overhead cam V-8? Plugged oil pan? you mean plugged the pick-up screen on the oil pump? I would like to figure this out for you. ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/6 "2008-07-22T12:51:04Z")
This was the latest attempt to revive the Cougar name. It was an FWD sports coupe with either a 2.0L four or 2.5L V6 engine. ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-cougar-compression/16995/7 "2008-07-22T13:16:14Z")
Shaymirror, Why do you waste everyones’ time by posting a problem, and not answering anyone’s questions?