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1992 olds cutlass ciera starts and runs fine. When engine gets hot,shortly after fan kicks in the car dies and won't restart until it cools back down.Turns over but will not fire.Squirted some ether into intake and it seemed to fire.Replaced ecm and fuel pump so far but still have same problem. Jeff

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1992 Oldsmobile cutlass ciera 3.3

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Replaced ECM and Fuel pump

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You are going to have to check for spark at the time of the failure.Let me know if you have spark or not.

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Reply to Davo's Post: No spark at time of failure. Went and bought a new sensor. It says to line up the interrupter ring on the back of the harmonic balancer with the sensor but how do I know where that is located? Also I can't seem to break loose the bolt for the balancer is there a trick to it. Thank You Jeff

There are two ways to get the bolt loose.Is there a reason you didn't accept Genes answer on the Lincoln question?

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Reply to Davo's Post: I'm sorry I didn't accept genes reply sooner. I'm very busy at work and then trying to help friends and family. So sometimes I forget about things or they get set aside. But I am an honest person and do not lie or stiff people. Today I finally accepted his ansewer and he got paid now all I have to do is take care of you. You guys have been very helpful and reliable. Thank You and keep up the great work, Jeff Smith

You can place a breaker bar on the bolt and hit the starter.Make sure of the direction of rotation so the breaker bar gets forced towards the ground and doesn't hit the car.The other way is an impact gun to break it loose or remove the flywheel cover and hold it with a prybar in the teeth while someone else breaks the nut free.There is a special tool to align the crank sensor if it is the adjustable type.Just make sure the metal ring at the back of the pully isn't hitting the sensor.I would make sure you are missing injector pulse and spark first.If you are it's the crank sensor if you are only missing spark the ignition module would be the prime suspect.

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