20 Most Recent 1992 Buick Regal - Page 4 Questions & Answers

what do you mean slow response

If she paid someone to replace her radiator she should take it back. There are temperature relays around the fan I believe and the fans are not working. These are right in the area of the radiator. Someone must have disconnected the fan or the relays were failing before the radiator was working. Either way, the car is not cooling and she sought a solution to that problem. She was charged and the problem is worse. Go back to the radiator place.

May have bad valve problems (reason for smoke) and/or need to check fuel regulator.

Rear seal gone need replacing

code 26 is .... Quad Driver Module (QDM A) error

code 26 is .... Quad Driver (QDM) "A" Fault code 42 is ..... Electronic Spark Timing (EST) Circuit

code 43 is ....Electronic Spark Control (ESC) Circuit

With petrol engines it is usually best to start at the spark plugs , being in my sixties and the old school , I use the old methods . Spark plugs indicate a lot , they are the business end of what makes it all work . If they are very fouled up black and oily , it usually indicates bad mixture of fuel and air , if they are oily black it may mean heavy cylinder wear etc spark plug manufactuurers are usually happy to supply a diagram with all the indicators on it .

Check the fuse and switch

It is more than likely your water pump. Can you run it in park with the radiator cap off. The cap on the radiator not the overflow tank. When the temp opens the thermostat you should see flow if the pump is good no flow it is probably bad. If you don't see flow check the upper hose for temp and the lower hose. If the upper line is barely warm and the lower hose is significantly hotter, it is either water pump or thermostat, but since you replaced the thermostat I would be back to water pump. BTW you should use either a contact thermometer or an infrared to check hoses, although it was done by hand in the old days.

if check engine light is on get it scanned for a problem code. but im not sure, but it sounds like a bad crank sensor.timing will be out og sync. more then likely engine will not start, ( engine backfires ) or irregular rpm function. if vehicle starts at all. it controls the timing and then sends this info to pcm ( power control module ). have a good day !

it may have jumped timing.

The no start on the first try could be low fuel pressure. The check valve in the pump may be letting fuel drain back into the tank, or the pump relay may be bad. The pump gets power from the relay when you turn the key on, then from the oil pressure switch once the engine starts.How do you get the interior lights to go off ?

This sounds like one of your door jamb switches have stopped working.

This could also be the dimmer switch on the dash. If it has failed, it could keep the lights on.

Also make sure you don't have the dimmer switch turned all the way up to where it keeps the lights on all the time.

I don't have a clue as to where these guys are getting their info but it's not from this planet. There is no fuse for the odometer, that's why you couldn't find it. The problem is one of two things. A. you have some striped gears on the odo. assembly or B. the stepper motor that drives the gears is shot. either way, you have to take out the gauge cluster to solve the problem.

the wiper fluid container is located on the right side as your facing the front of your car... it should be a big plastic container marked washer fluid. in my Buick it is right by the master brake cylinder, just hooked on the right side of your car.... lift your hood, as you face the front, look for a large plastic container marker, washer fluid. add fluid.

look on the door by the latch mechanism