1999 Ford Contour engine is flooding, I think. What is the problem?

No motor vehicle will run without a timing belt or timing chain. it is not a 2 cycle engine. Saab used to make a 2 cycle motor vehicle engine a protracted, long term in the past, yet no longer Ford. Get an OBD2 examine achieved to work out what areas are no longer functioning. It the timing belt broke, there could have been a pointy knocking and then no working. while youmtry to start it it is going to spin lots quicker than oftentimes happening because of the fact a variety of of the compression is long gone. undesirable success. Get a mechanic to look at it.

I would suspect a bad crankshaft (or camshaft) position sensor. When these sensors go bad, they still work when cold, however, when they get hot, the internal circuitry separates to where it doesn;t send signals back to the computer telling it that the engine is turning. You would most likely need to replace this sensor.

your car is electronic injection so it doesn't flood.

It's probably electric, some sensor went bad.

Take it to a shop to have scanned, the error codes will tell whats wrong.

i agree with evil c but i would perform or have it performed is a fuel pressure check

and done with the engine run as you state . it is possible the pump is not working correctly or the check valve or fuel regulator is not working correctly .-- this would verify they are good and then move to the cam sensor to check it and you can do that with a scanner for the signal.