Have the ignition madule checked out.
The most common cause of a 1996 Ford Escort to idle rough is bad spark plugs or bad spark plug wires. A plugged air filter will also cause it to idle rough.
It sounds like you need to change your valve cover gasket.
you might have stail fuel in it or theres no spark or you might have striped the pistons you can check by taking of the exughst and looking in
In a 1995 Ford Escort : Both the 1.8 and the 1.9 liter four cylinder engines have : ( 4 spark plugs )
Spark plug tube seals need changing
What huh?
What might cause low maximum secondary coil voltage?Low primary input voltageLow primary resistanceWide spark plug gapsOpen spark plug wire
What might cause low maximum secondary coil voltage?Low primary input voltageLow primary resistanceWide spark plug gapsOpen spark plug wire
Most are 1.1mm
.044
It is 0.054
What might cause low maximum secondary coil voltage?Low primary input voltageLow primary resistanceWide spark plug gapsOpen spark plug wire