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1990 Buick Park Avenue starting problems

Tiny
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  • 1990 BUICK PARK AVENUE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 291,000 MILES
Our park ave. Has had starting problems for about 4 months. It usually wont restart for a few hours or up to 3 days. I have replaced the coil & ignition module, which did not help. It cranks over good any suggestions?
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 AT 3:09 PM

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Tiny
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Does it start up and run fine that whole day or whole week untill out of the blue it sjust stops?

When it wont restart check for spark and fuel pressure.
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 AT 9:42 PM
Tiny
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The car seems to lose spark when it wants to. It ran fine to work but after 10 hrs of sitting it failed to start, waited 4 days before it would restart again. Most of the time its 3-4 hours though. Is a sensor on the crank bad?
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 AT 12:27 AM
Tiny
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It could be a bad crank or cam sensor.

But it might be a distributor pick up coil or a bad rotor or cap. Check over your distributor first.
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 AT 8:29 AM

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