200 EFI Dies In Gear

[nitronick]

Motor is a 200 EFI, SN OG384639. Anyone know what would cause motor to die when put in gear? It seems to idle ok and runs fine once i get going. My dad does think that it is smoking more than usual and using more fuel than it use to. A friend of mine told me that it sounded like a TPS sensor, but i havent been able to find a youtube video or anything to show how to check it. Thanks in advance for any help. Not sure if this was posted in correct place, once i looked up motor it looks like its a 2.5. Delete if posted incorrectly

[JOE54]

see 2.5 forum

[EuropeanAM]

Moving your post to the 2.5L Forum.

Need to start with the basics: Compression, Spark and Fuel. Especially note the FUEL PRESSURE at idle, under acceleration, five minutes into running, and 15/30/60 seconds after shutdown.

[nitronick]

I will get fuel pressure readings. Guess i wasnt considering fuel pressure since it was running fine after getting it going in gear.

[EuropeanAM]

Elevated fuel pressure will cause the engine to be significantly rich (especially obvious at low RPM's).