1997 Buick Skylark Engine

MILO123

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1997 BUICK SKYLARK
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
209,000 MILES

I have a 97 buick skylark with 209,000 miles and my check engine light is on. Every morning I crank up the car and it runs fine, but after about 30 minutes of driving it will start to jerk when I hit the gas pedal Like its not getting any gas, and then my chck engine light starts blinking. Then after a little while it gets back up to speed and at normal. It also goes dead after I let it sit for about ten minutes running(pressing the gas at the same time) what can be the cause of the proble? I went to auto zone to check my check engine light and the results read. Cylinder Misfire detected. Powertrain control module monitors crankshaft speed and detected a misfire. And it also said ignition system fault(spark plugs, ignition wires, coils. I dont know anything about cars. What should I check first?

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JACOBANDNICKOLAS

MECHANIC
108,133 POSTS

We need to look at a few things. First, when was the last tune up?

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009 AT 10:10 AM

MILO123

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The car havent had a tune-up in a while and I just. I had one of my service mechanics down the street and he put on a fuel filter air filter and used throttle cleaner. But the problem stills happens and a couple people told me that it might be the spark plugs or ignition coil. Because it just cut off on me last night when I was driving for about thirty minutes. Then I had to let the car cool down for 45 minutes before it would crank up again.