Buick/Olds: LOSE POWER, e mail address, crankshaft sensor

Question
HI TOM,YOU HELPED ME OUT ALITTLE WHILE AGO.THANKS ALOT. I HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM MY WIFES CAR, 98 OLDS INTRIGUE. SHELL BE DRIVING ALONE AND THE ENGINE GOES DEAD.SHE PULLS OVER TURNS KEY OFF THEN RESTARTS CAR. CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

                        THANKS WAYNE
                         WAYNO24@AOL.COM

Answer
What mechanical work has been performed on the vehicle recently ?. As most problems that occur after a recent repair was made can be traced back to the area of where the repair was made.

IF this vehicles engine still has the distributor that has the ignition module and the pickup coil inside the distributor cap I would say that you have a HEAT SENSITIVE pickup coil.

If this is the engine with the 3 coil packs mounted on the ignition module, I would have to say you have either a heat sensitive ignition module and or an intermittent faulty crankshaft sensor.

My first test procedure would be with the ignition module IF the vehicle uses the 3 coil pack setup.

In the future, Please do not use all capital letters, It is extremly hard on the eyes after reading and answering 30 to 50 questions every day.


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Thomas