atomheartmother
LVC Member
Hello and heres my issues any help would be so appreciated. Well I recently bought a 98 Lincoln Continental for a resonable price, it has 134,000 miles on it. When I got it cosmetically it was not in the best shape but after a good bath it came out beautiful. All ran good from the start but 3 weeks later now a few things have happened. Oil level stays good and has been changed. One day while on the highway the check transmission appeared on the dash. I drove approx. 10 miles to the nearest gas station and checked the fluid and it was not even registering on hte dipstick so I added 2 quarts which got the levels correct. I since then have checked the fluid regularly to make sure it stays consistant and it has maybe with a minor loss every hundred so miles, but I have made sure to keep it in the boudaries. Well 2 days ago I noticed when starting the car up and sitting at stoplights a little "sputter"sound which also slightly "jerks" the car as it sputters. This continues for a while and when you press the gas it sputters till up to speed but once you come to a stop it sputters again. Or in idle also. I opened the hood and the sputtering is not in the engine compartment but appears to come from the exhaust as it can be heard and when cold the smoke puffs out the exhaust pipe as it sputters.Any idea what this could be? Please help if ya can as the dealership wants a good bit to look it over and I hate to go broke. Thanks so much!!