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A family member has a 1987 Buick Century 2.5L. Car would intermittently stall out and restart after sitting for a while. Now it won't start at all and has been in the garage for 2 weeks. They have replaced the Fuel Injector, Power Control Module, Oxygen Sensor, EGR Valve, Ignition Module, Temp. sending unit on the thermostat (?) and the Fuel Pressure Limit Switch and nothing has helped. It is letting too much gas into the engine also. Any ideas? The garage called a week ago and thought they had it fixed and said it had been running for 1/2 hour. When they shut if off and tried to restart, it would not. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Try and change out the crankshaft position sencor it has a lot to do with the timeing and fuel i had a 12995 chrysler concorde that did the same thing i switched that out and it ran great i now also have the same buick as your family member hope this helps

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