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1996 Oldsmobile 88 - Page 2 Questions & Answers
How do you remove steering wheel with air bag
be very careful, because the air bag will deploy. you have to disconnect the battery in a certain order and wait a certain amount of time before removing the air bag. check your motor manual.
What do I do to fix the fans? The car is overheating?
if a bad temperature sensor the fan might not come on at all, even though the engine is overheating.check the fan relay and or fuses. if all is fine, run a wire from battery positive to positive connection on fan, to see if the fans work themselves. you may or may not need to ground the fans. Good-Day!
Starter problem
wiring to the starter; large cable coming from the battery to the
large post on the starter is direct current, hot at all times. there are two small wires that connect to the solenoid, one comes from the ignition.
Look for loose connection especially ground. If you jumper the connection on the solenoid to the large connection on the battery and it starts, I would suspect fault in the ignition circuit...
Turns over like it is out of gas, won't start
Check fuel pump. Turn on the ignition an lesen for the pump to prime the fuel line. Fuel/Fire/Air the three elements required for combustion. You would usually smell raw gas fumes coming from the tailpipe when you crank the engine if you fuel delivery is working. A quick check to determine if you have a fuel problem: Remove the air filter and gain access to the throttle body, open the throttle plate and spray some starter fluid in the chamber. If the car starts for a moment, you probably have a fuel problem. Check for spark.
Blows cold air only
may be you should
make a diagnostic and you can do it in a garage or you can do it by yourself
if you want to do it by yourself you need
some tools
and you can find some good ones here:
spobd2.com
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