1990 Ford Cougar Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 1990 Ford Cougar covers three engines in the two-door coupe: the naturally aspirated 5.0L OHV V8, the naturally aspirated 3.8L OHV V6 and a supercharged version of that same 3.8L V6, all running on gasoline. Three trims are listed, Base, V8 and XR-7. Procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics are given for each engine, which matters here because the two 3.8L sixes share a displacement but not an induction system, and the V8 shares neither.
Engines covered
- 5.0L V8 (302 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 3.8L V6 (232 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 3.8L V6 (232 cu in) — OHV, supercharged, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 2-door coupe
Trims covered
- Base
- V8
- XR-7
Known issues on the 1990 Cougar. For the 1990 model year the federal record is clean, with no recalls and no owner complaints logged with NHTSA against the Cougar. That leaves the manual's procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics for the 5.0L V8, the naturally aspirated 3.8L V6 and the supercharged 3.8L V6 as its working content, with the supercharged engine in particular needing its own specifications rather than numbers borrowed from the other six.
