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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2010 11:00 pm 
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Hi all, thanks for the help in the past,

1994 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight/ 3.8L

So a couple of months ago, my car started to shut off randomly when I was driving. It seemed to do it more when the car was warm/ had been running for a little while. After it died, it would start right back up with no hesitation. It over the course of about two weeks, this problem was off and on, doing it every other time I drove it, maybe even a little more frequent than that. From what I remember, it seems like after it did it once, it would do it again about a minute later or so, then do it again. I think I could trigger it by stepping on the pedal, but it wasn't always triggered by that.

I was putting up with this issue, while also struggling with a transmission issue for maybe two or three weeks before I parked it. I went back a week or so later and my battery was dead, and I needed to get into the trunk (key doesn't work) so I hooked up the jumper cables and popped the trunk. After a min. or two, I tried cranking it. It cranked pretty strong (I think, if I can remember) but wouldn't start. I tried again, and no start. I tried again, and all the electrics on the dash cut out, and no more cranking. Now when I hook up jumpers, there is no power anywhere. I was just about to try to pull some codes, but I had read online that a normal scanner wouldn't work for some reason, I cant remember, but i never got around to it.

Did a main fuse pop? Did I fry the computer? The car has been sitting for a month or two because I'm fed up with it, and have not had time to work on it with school running my life. Any help/ input would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.


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