20 Most Recent 1972 Oldsmobile 98 - Page 7 Questions & Answers

check the fuel psi and change the filter that maybe ur promblem.fuelfilter or fuelpump goodluck.

Facing your engine, your pulleys, belts, etc are on the front of the engine. Your even cylinders (2,4,6,8,etc) are on the left. Your odd (1,3,5,7,etc) are on the right.

The blower motor is located on the fire wall in the engine compartment ! Facing the front of the car look on the fire wall on the left hand side .

use a pencil eraser on the key

Firing Orders

It could be the starter. Usually if it is the starter when you get a boost it will sometimes be enough to turn the vehicle over.

aNY GOOD GUALITY 5W30 OR 10W30 OIL WILL WORK.

Hi,

It could be a number of thing causing this problem, so the best way to approach it is to get the mechanics to check the ignition system first when it's not going and if that system is working ok then it can only be the fuel system causing it.

But to give you a definite fault is very difficult unless you can give me fault codes etc.

But go with what I said and that way you can keep an eye on what is actually wrong with it.

Thanks

Jason

The fuel pump is located in the fuel tank. You will need to drop the fuel tank out of the car and remove it through the top opening.

Go to the Google search engine, type in "1996 Oldsmobile Serpintine Belt routing Diagram", and the first row of stuff that pops up has the pictures for all the different engines of that year. Just pick the one that has the same number and location of pulleys as your motor. MAny parts manufacturers also have online help. For example, if you're installing a goodyear belt, visit their website, which is probably listed on the cardboard sleeve the new belt came in.

Hi! There may be a problem with the anti theft. Try to have it disconnected and see if it will start. The anti theft may be faulty and thats what restricts the car to run. Hope this helps and have a good one!

Is it 4 cyl ?

dont go to firestone, those coils you changed might have been good, did you check for power to coil? did you ohm your injectors?

is there 12 volt going to the pump is the pump turning when you start car

there should be a container that says steering fluid in the front part of ur motor with the belts right underneath it usually has a cap with a little dipstick connected to it make sure you use only powersteering fluid

plugs and plug wires are the last thing that would cause this problem, the 1st thing we do in the shop for a problem like this is run a electronic engine control test, this will run the engine through it's idle speed control paces and also the key on engine off test will return any trouble codes that may explain what the problem area is in the engine controls, as you have already found out guessing is not a good way to approach this problem, it wastes money and your valuable time, not to mention the frustration of doing th work and having nothing change, here is my suggestion clean the throttle valve and the Idle speed control valve, here is how you do that, Get a can of intake cleaner from any local parts store, not carb spray, intake cleaner, it is made by a company called CRC, remove the air intake hose to the engine, hold the idle high so the engine won't stall, then spray the can of cleaner into the intake while keeping the engine running, use at least 1/2 the can, shut down the engine and disconnect the battery for 5 minutes, then restart and complete a number of mixed driving cycles, town, freeway, stop and go etc., after a few days the problem will go away as the system will relearn to the clean intake.

If this doesn't cure the problem you will need to have a shop run a full system diagnostic with a scanner, the two test that need to be run are key on engine off and key on engine running