1994 Oldsmobile Bravada

IRISHPLAYER15

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1994 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA
4 CYL
AWD
AUTOMATIC
180,000 MILES

Recently I was driving down the road and without any given notice my car shut off. No stuttering. Nothing. Almost like someone flipped a switch on me. There was also no check engine light on. When I tried to restart it cranked but wont turn over. I have plenty of gas (my first thought). I followed Oldmobiles reccomendation of opening the throttle for a little bit before restarting as the engine can be flooded. I could smell the gas when I did this. But on trying to restart, the engine still cranked but turned over. I had to call a tow truck to get me home. I can't afford to take it to a shop and have them diagnos it and charge $500 like I have been quoted. Anyone have an idea what could cause the engine to shut off. And how do I go about fixing it?

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2CARPRO JACK

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11,533 POSTS

Start by checking for spark out of the ignition coil. If it has it there, plug coil wire back in and check for spark at the plugs. If none, you will need a test light, get back to me

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Thursday, December 20th, 2007 AT 4:03 PM

IRISHPLAYER15

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So I changed out the ignition coil. It was actually the stock one. So that fixed that problem. I ran into another problem. The bolts that attaches the metal fuel line to the fuel filter were both stripped out when I removed them. I had a guy recomment cutting the lines and replacing them with a fuel line hose. The bolt on the filter is really big (5/16 I believe). Any ideas on how to fix this also. Thank you!