Why does my 1995 Lincoln town car choke when i step on gas?

Answer 1

My remarks are for a completely different vehicle with the same symptoms ... maybe you have a similar cause...

I have a S10 pickup truck that would do this periodically, randomly, that took us about a year to isolate. We thought it was insufficient fuel flow (which it was, indirectly)...we changed fuel filter, removed bed so we could get into tank at fuel pump and check for proper pumping flow, and check no sediment in tank, and lots of other things to no avail.

Eventually we traced it to an intermittent defect in the TPS (throttle position sensor), the unit that signals the computer where the throttle was, like when you were pushing on the gas pedal and how much. The TPS occasionally would not register when you gave the car gas, so the computer did not have more fuel flow, but since you HAD pressed on the throttle more air was flowing, so the fuel/air mixture was way too lean and you had no power or the engine would stumble or stall.

Your symptoms sound similar...I don't even know if the town car has a TPS, but if it does it is probably inexpensive and relatively simple to replace to eliminate it as a possible cause.(Well, again I am guessing...it was cheap and easy on my S10 once we decided that might be the trouble, which indeed it was.)