This sort of sounds like the same thing that happened to my mother's 90 Pontiac Bonneville - same 3.8 engine as in my 89 Olds. This just started happening last week - it was running fine, I filed it with gas, then went out of town in another car.
She drove it to work with no problems, then on the way home it stalled at a light. She was able to restart it and drive a couple of miles, then at a light it stalled again. It would crank but not start. She had to be towed home. A few days later, it started again for me and I drove it a couple of miles at night.
The next day I started it up and drove it about 10 miles. It stalled at a light, then started up again. I got it over to a Ford dealer to pick up some parts for another car, then it wouldn't start for the drive home. The towtruck operator thought it might be the fuel pump.
The next day, I started up the car and it ran for about 20 minutes and then stalled. It started right up then died in 10 minutes. I let it cool off a bit, then gigled with the throttle linkage, then it started up again. SO I was wondering if this was the Throttle Position Sensor?
The car is leaking oil from the valve cover gaskets, and I plan to replace those. I doubt the car has been tuned in years, but the plugs are Autolite Platinums (not OE). I shorted the diagnostic plug and checked for any saved codes, but there were none.
SO I wonderer how the Crankshaft Sensor could be at fault if there were no codes generated? Could it be the fuel pump dying, or the fuel filter being clogged? I was gonna try and replace the fuel filter, but it is really rusted on the lines, and I don't have the proper wrenches to break the filter free from the lines.
Could this even be a bad alternator or battery?
I had thought maybe the coil pack would be at fault - so I bought a new coil, wires and plugs, and am gonna replace them since any garage I take it to would do that anyway.
Any suggestions?
Chris
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