Timing belt

Asked by GuruZDC7K Oct 09, 2017 at 11:49 PM about the 1996 Buick Century

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I was driving and the oil pressure light came on
and it started to shake then the battery light came
on and it turned itself off. What could be the
problem

3 Answers

GuruWZLLT answered 6 years ago

my car will start for a minute or 2 then will die. then it won't start for 2 or 3 days without a jump what can be wrong with it.

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Ivory answered 4 years ago

It's probably the camshaft position interrup. Or Magnet. Can be found behind the camshaft sensor on the camshaft itself just rotate the motor until you get a view of the camshaft all the throughout engine rotation

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