Did the Old Cold Forgotten Buick die?

The Keykeeper went to change its oil, and on his trip to warm it up, the Old Cold Forgotten Buick shredded its serpentine belt and stalled. It hasn't run since. The engine sounds good, it will crank and it does run on ether for a very brief time. Hopefully the loose crankshaft pulley has simply kept the ECM from starting up and working properly. There were belt chunks caught in the pulley.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1989
• Old
• Cold
• Forgotten
• Buick
• Electra
• breakdown

[beerysol]

i have a 88 with 88,000 miles on it but i cant seem to get it started in the mornings, i aready change the cam sensor, plugs, wires but i dont want to have to change the module unless i reallyknow its that. if uhave any info or tip of finding out what it is, let me know please thanks.

[uxwbill]

@beerysol The module is probably the first thing you should have replaced. It's easily the least reliable part.

Many auto parts stores have equipment to test the module, so take the old module (top and bottom halves) to such a store and ask to have it tested. Then you will know for sure.

[mikeluscher159]

its june, how is the old forgotton buick be cod in june

[uxwbill]

@mikeluscher159 Dunno. It's just that good? I guess you could say it is a tradition to call it that.

[hpkingf]

man these gm cars are good if u take care of it. even though it looks like not the best car around no offense. i like it lol. i hope u got it fixed

[uxwbill]

It was given to us a few years ago by someone in the family who didn't want it any more. You may want to watch all the videos about it to hear the whole story.

[uxwbill]

The 3800 delivers the kind of reliability that Toyota can only dream of. ;-)

Yes, that's a somewhat smarty-pants comment.

[uxwbill]

I just got the starter back earlier this week. Bear with me, it's coming.

[uxwbill]

@420SLICKS I don't know where that wire would go, or even if it has anything to do with the air conditioning. I haven't had the A/C compressors out of our cars, but they seem to have only the two electrical wires that go to the electrical clutch assembly. I think the wire you found goes somewhere else.

[mikeluscher159]

@uxwbill this is true

[burntvalve86]

Drive it intell something major goes like the engine or tranny. Its worth fixing at this point.

[hpkingf]

@hpkingf okay i will watch them