1999 Buick Century wont start

1999 BUICK CENTURY
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TACKMAN
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1999 Buick Century V6 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 135000 miles
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the car was running fine i have not had any problems with this car drove it to work and it will not start back it will turn over but thats all the car is getting about 42 to 48 on fuel pressure there is no fire at coil packs i was told it was crankshaft position sensor i changed it but had know luck need help
Dec 8, 2007 at 3:08 PM
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BLACKOP555
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try putting a postive 12v to the positive prong on the coil.

you may have bad coil packs, check for voltage at them, if you have power but no spark then you should replace them
Dec 8, 2007 at 6:10 PM
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TACKMAN
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checked ignition control module and coil packs they where fine wound up being camshaft positioning sensor
Dec 11, 2007 at 6:32 PM
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