I have a Pontiac Grand Am SE 3 Litre 1987. Here's my problem: The engine stops during driving. Then the engine starts but stops after 2 seconds. SES light comes on most of the times. I have been to 2 different garages. One garage said the in car contact for the computer diagnose was broken. They replaced air mass controller, fuel pump relay, oil pressure contact, spark plugs and spark plug wires. Price $1300 of which labour cost is $600.
After about 500 miles it happened again. The exact same problem. Another town, another garage. About 400 miles from home, I had to leave it at this garage. According to them the computer diagnose said the map sensor was broken. They also told me that this car doesn't have a map sensor. They replaced fuel filter, oxygen sensor, temperature sensor, ignition control module. So far I've paid $600 for the parts. The car still doesn't run. The bill for labour I will get after they have solved the problems. Labour cost per hour here in Norway is about $80. I have no idea how many hours it will take or how much more parts they will replace. I need very bad to get this car running again before I will have to sell it to pay for the repair! Any good tips out there?