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'94 Buick Regal stalls while driving in town
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Please help!
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Mar 4, 2013, 10:13 PM
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'94 Buick Regal stalls while driving in town
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Car started missing bad during summer...thought it was cat conv. Engine light on and off, code was cam shaft sensor. Then in the fall of 2012, it stalled one morning after running errands. Stalled when taking off at stop light. Would not start back up for at least 20 minutes so we had it towed home. Started up no problem by the time we got it home. Husband drove the heck out of it for about 15 minutes and no stalling. I drove it the next day and stalled on me again and didn't want to start up. All gauges lit up before it died that time. Took it to a shop and engine light wouldn't come back on for a few days so shop couldn't read codes. Shop replaced fuel pump after having my car for a month and the fuel pressure at 38 being the only reason mechanic could come up with for it stalling. Also had husband replace cam sensor. A whole lot of money later, engine light still on and stalled on me when I was coming home from shop. Friend said it may be a distributor cap...?? I think it is electrical....Please help! I think it is 3.4 L and has 130,000 miles on it. Thank you. Molly
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Please help!
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Mar 6, 2013, 9:59 AM
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Re: '94 Buick Regal stalls while driving in town
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So I haven't driven my car for about two weeks and light comes on after driving for about 5 minutes. I don't have a code reader but back in august the reader said cam shaft sensor so we replaced that a few months ago. I know it sounds like nonsense or maybe a lazy mechanic....? However, he told me my car is just old enough that it wasn't until '95 or so that the computers in these cars were more universal. "My car is not compatible and harder to diagnose" he says. So it sits until I have an idea of which way to go next. I'm putting a call into mechanic and I will get back as far as codes. Thank you
Also, would the cat. converter have anything to do with the stalling?
(This post was edited by Please help! on Mar 6, 2013, 10:03 AM)
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Tom Greenleaf
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Mar 6, 2013, 10:24 AM
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Re: '94 Buick Regal stalls while driving in town
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Some Buicks were OBD II in 95 I think not in 94 TMK. Codes are just counting blinks of CEL with key on which will repeat.
Probably near impossible to find now but a handy thing was just $20 for these and told you all the codes and what they meant in a small book.
AYOR if you read codes with a paper clip method like this - AYOR as said............
The tool just jumps those too but gives you the book on what to expect looks like this.........
If your CEL has been on it has some info for you. Again - AYOR at jumping things as doing that wrong who knows what damage you can cause?
Ask you mechanic if he even still deals with OBDI systems or has the data or gadget to do it,
T
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