98 buick riviera

1998 BUICK RIVIERA
115,342 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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VICTOR JUAREZ
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My buick riviera wont start. It has no spark ive changed the ignition moduel and the crank shaft sensor. Checked the fuses and iam at a stop need some help thanks.
Mar 26, 2011 at 8:33 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Are you getting power to the coil? Have you checked all main fuses under the hood?
Mar 27, 2011 at 3:08 AM
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VICTOR JUAREZ
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ive only checked all the fuses under the back set and on the side of the dash board was checking the spark and it looks to have a very low spark berly visible
Mar 27, 2011 at 3:36 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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check the coil to see if it is the problem. It sounds bad.
Mar 27, 2011 at 3:40 AM
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VICTOR JUAREZ
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my brother has a car that has the same coil setup and i used his coils and moduel in mine erlyier his car works and still nothing and i just went outside and checked the fuses under the hood and they all good
Mar 27, 2011 at 3:49 AM
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If your parts work on his car and everything is good, then you need to check wiring to the PCM as well as the PCM itself. Make sure nothing is corroded, check continunity in the wiring to the coil to make sure there is no internal wiring damage. Check the plug to the PCM for corrosion, pins pushed in...
Mar 27, 2011 at 4:03 AM
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VICTOR JUAREZ
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Some pepole been telling me that my timming chain me be off but no back fires or nothing sounds normal when it turns over. what about the camshaft sensor? and what excactly is the pcm?
Mar 27, 2011 at 4:08 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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The PCM is the power control module. It runs just about everything. As far as the timing, you would still have good spark just at the wrong time.
Mar 27, 2011 at 10:58 PM
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VICTOR JUAREZ
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still wont work.
Apr 3, 2011 at 5:16 PM